Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Herpestidae

Current position

Herpestidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 238.

Alternative positions

Viverridae (Family) Gray, 1821

Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1043.

Original position

Herpestidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845

Original entries

†Kichechia (Genus) Savage, 1965
Liberiictis (Genus) Hayman, 1958
Rhynchogale (Genus) Thomas, 1894

Subsequent entries

Atilax (Genus) Cuvier, 1826
Bdeogale (Genus) Peters, 1850
Crossarchus (Genus) Cuvier, 1825
Cynictis (Genus) Ogilby, 1833
Helogale (Genus) Gray, 1862
Herpestes (Genus) Illiger, 1811
Ichneumia (Genus) Geoffroy, 1837
Mungos (Genus) Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
Suricata (Genus) Desmarest, 1804

Historical positions

Herpestidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 238.
Herpestidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 300.
Viverridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1043.
Viverridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2023	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;15s;92ss; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Nov 2014	[3g;15s;92ss; †1g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[11g; †1g]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[14g;32s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	13g;30s