Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
           Subfamily Mungotinae
             Genus Bdeogale Peters, 1850 - black-legged mongooses
               Bdeogale crassicauda Peters, 1852 - bushy-tailed mongoose
                 1 [Bdeogale crassicauda crassicauda] Peters, 1852
                 2 Bdeogale crassicauda nigrescens Sale & Taylor, 1970
                 3 Bdeogale crassicauda omnivora Heller, 1913 - Sokoke dog mongoose
                 4 Bdeogale crassicauda puisa Peters, 1852
                 5 Bdeogale crassicauda tenuis Thomas & Wroughton, 1908