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title: "Lesser Grison"
description: "Galictis cuja — Mammals. The lesser grison (Galictis cuja) is a species of mustelid from South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lesser-grison
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Grison

> Galictis cuja — Mammals. The lesser grison (Galictis cuja) is a species of mustelid from South America.

- Scientific name: *Galictis cuja*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1019
- Wikidata: [Q238561](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238561)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41824](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41824)

## Names

- en: Lesser Grison
- de: Kleiner Grison
- es: Hurón menor
- fr: Petit grison
- pt: Furão-pequeno
- pl: Grizon mniejszy

## Countries with the most observations

AR (384), BR (267), CL (170), UY (40), PY (16), BO (14), PE (4)

## Summary

The lesser grison (Galictis cuja) is a species of mustelid from South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_grison

## Photo

![Lesser Grison](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-grison/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61871217

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-grison?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).