Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945 Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Subfamily Mungotinae Genus Helogale Gray, 1862 - dwarf mongooses Helogale parvula (Sundevall, 1847) - common dwarf mongoose Helogale parvula nero Thomas, 1928