Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
       Subfamily Herpestinae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
         Genus Galerella Gray, 1865
           1 Galerella flavescens (Bocage, 1889) - Angolan slender mongoose
           2 Galerella pulverulenta (Wagner, 1839) - Cape gray mongoose
           3 Galerella sanguinea (Rüppell, 1835) - slender mongoose
           4 Galerella swalius (Thomas, 1926) see Galerella sanguinea swalius (Thomas, 1926)