Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Subfamily Herpestinae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses Herpestes palustris Ghose, 1965 see Herpestes javanicus palustris Ghose, 1965