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 pulverulenta (Wagner, 1839) - Cape gray mongoose
               Galerella pulverulenta basuticus (Roberts, 1936)