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 edwardsi (Geoffroy, 1818) - Indian gray mongoose
               1 [Herpestes edwardsi edwardsi] (Geoffroy, 1818)
               2 Herpestes edwardsi ferrugineus Blanford, 1874
               3 Herpestes edwardsi lanka (Wroughton, 1915)
               4 Herpestes edwardsi montanus Bechthold, 1936
               5 Herpestes edwardsi nyula (Hodgson, 1836)