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 semitorquatus Gray, 1846 - collared mongoose
               1 [Herpestes semitorquatus semitorquatus] Gray, 1846
               2 Herpestes semitorquatus uniformis Robinson & Kloss, 1919