Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses Herpestes edwardsii (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818) - Indian grey mongoose see Herpestes edwardsi (Geoffroy, 1818)