Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Genus Paracynictis Pocock, 1916 - gray meerkat, Selous's mongoose Paracynictis selousi (de Winton, 1896) - Selous' mongoose