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 Mungos Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - banded and Gambian mongooses Mungos mungo (Gmelin, 1788) - banded mongoose Mungos mungo ngamiensis Roberts, 1932