oses ". ▁ ▁Tax onomy ▁The ▁relationship ▁of ▁gal idi ines ▁to ▁other ▁car n iv or ans ▁has ▁histor ically ▁been ▁controvers ial . ▁Up ▁to ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁all ▁smaller ▁fel iform ians , ▁including ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁families ▁V iver r idae , ▁Her p est idae , ▁and ▁Eu pler idae ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁some ▁smaller ▁groups , ▁were ▁class ified ▁in ▁the ▁single ▁family ▁V iver r idae . ▁Gal idi ines , ▁which ▁share ▁some ▁characters ▁with ▁both ▁the ▁civ ets ▁and ▁gen ets ▁( current ▁V iver r idae ) ▁and ▁the ▁mongo oses ▁( Her p est idae ), ▁were ▁al lied ▁early ▁on ▁both ▁with ▁the ▁former ▁and ▁the ▁latter , ▁with ▁some ▁going ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁to ▁doubt ▁that ▁they ▁should ▁be ▁placed ▁in ▁a ▁different ▁sub family ▁than ▁the ▁other ▁mongo oses . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁classification ▁of ▁the ▁mongo oses ▁as ▁a ▁family ▁separate ▁from ▁V iver r idae ▁gained ▁wide ▁accept ance ▁around ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁the ▁gal idi ines ▁were ▁class ified ▁with ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁family ▁Her p est idae , ▁an ▁arrangement ▁supported ▁by ▁cl ad istic ▁analysis ▁of ▁morph ological ▁data . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁mole cular ▁ph y log en etic ▁infer ences , ▁based ▁on ▁data ▁from ▁several ▁gen es , ▁provided ▁evidence ▁for ▁a ▁close ▁relationship ▁between ▁gal idi ines ▁and ▁other ▁Mal ag asy