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 Galerella Gray, 1865
             Galerella sanguinea (Rüppell, 1835) - slender mongoose
               Galerella sanguinea proteus (Thomas, 1907)