Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Genus Galidea see Genus Galidia Geoffroy, 1837 1 Galidea elegans I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837 - ring-tailed mongoose see Galidia elegans Geoffroy, 1837