Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
       Subfamily Herpestinae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
         Genus Helogale Gray, 1862 - dwarf mongooses
           1 Helogale hirtula Thomas, 1904 - Ethiopian dwarf mongoose
           2 Helogale parvula (Sundevall, 1847) - common dwarf mongoose