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 ruddi (Thomas, 1903)