Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Subfamily Herpestinae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Genus Galerella Gray, 1865 Galerella swalius (Thomas, 1926) see Galerella sanguinea swalius (Thomas, 1926)