Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
01 Genus Galidea
see Genus Galidia Geoffroy, 1837
02 Genus Galidictis Geoffroy, 1839 - Malagasy broad-striped mongooses
03 Genus Mungotictis Pocock, 1915 - Malagasy narrow-striped mongoose
04 Genus Salanoia Gray, 1865 - Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose
05 Genus Suricata Desmarest, 1804 - suricate, slender-tailed meerkat
06 Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses
07 Genus Helogale Gray, 1862 - dwarf mongooses
08 Genus Dologale Thomas, 1926 - African tropical savannah mongoose
09 Genus Galerella Gray, 1865
10 Genus Atilax Cuvier, 1826 - marsh mongoose
11 Genus Mungos Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - banded and Gambian mongooses
12 Genus Crossarchus Cuvier, 1825 - cusimanses
13 Genus Liberiictis Hayman, 1958 - Liberian mongoose
14 Genus Ichneumia Geoffroy, 1837 - white-tailed mongoose
15 Genus Bdeogale Peters, 1850 - black-legged mongooses
16 Genus Rhynchogale Thomas, 1894 - Meller's mongoose
17 Genus Cynictis Ogilby, 1833 - yellow mongoose
18 Genus Paracynictis Pocock, 1916 - gray meerkat, Selous's mongoose