Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
       Genus Bdeogale Peters, 1850 - black-legged mongooses
         1 Bdeogale crassicauda Peters, 1852 - bushy-tailed mongoose
         2 Bdeogale jacksoni (Thomas, 1894) - Jackson's mongoose
         3 Bdeogale nigripes Pucheran, 1855 - black-footed mongoose