Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Subfamily Galidiinae Gray, 1865 - Malagasy mongooses Genus Salanoia Gray, 1865 - Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose Salanoia concolor (Geoffroy, 1837) - brown-tailed mongoose