Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
           Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses
             Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758) - Egyptian mongoose
               01 [Herpestes ichneumon ichneumon] (Linnaeus, 1758)
               02 Herpestes ichneumon angolensis Bocage, 1890
               03 Herpestes ichneumon cafra (Gmelin, 1788)
               04 Herpestes ichneumon centralis (Lönnberg, 1917)
               05 Herpestes ichneumon funestus (Osgood, 1910)
               06 Herpestes ichneumon mababiensis Roberts, 1932
               07 Herpestes ichneumon numidicus (Cuvier, 1834)
               08 Herpestes ichneumon parvidens (Lönnberg, 1908)
               09 Herpestes ichneumon sabiensis Roberts, 1926
               10 Herpestes ichneumon sangronizi Cabrera, 1924
               11 Herpestes ichneumon widdringtonii Gray, 1842