living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
                     Suborder Feliforma see Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
                       Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
                         Subfamily Galidiinae Gray, 1865 - Malagasy mongooses
                           1 Genus Galidia Geoffroy, 1837 - Malagasy ring-tailed mongoose
                           2 Genus Galidictis Geoffroy, 1839 - Malagasy broad-striped mongooses
                           3 Genus Mungoictis Pocock, 1915 see Genus Mungotictis Pocock, 1915
                           4 Genus Salanoia Gray, 1865 - Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose