Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
           Genus Galerella Gray, 1865
             1 Galerella flavescens (Bocage, 1889) - Angolan slender mongoose
             2 Galerella ochracea (Gray, 1848) - Somalian slender mongoose
             3 Galerella pulverulenta (Wagner, 1839) - Cape gray mongoose
             4 Galerella sanguinea (Rüppell, 1835) - slender mongoose