Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
       Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses
         01 Herpestes auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836) - small Indian mongoose see Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836)
         02 Herpestes brachyurus Gray, 1837 - short-tailed mongoose
         03 Herpestes edwardsii (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818) - Indian grey mongoose see Herpestes edwardsi (Geoffroy, 1818)
         04 Herpestes fuscus Waterhouse, 1838 - Indian brown mongoose
         05 Herpestes hosei - Hose's mongoose see Herpestes brachyurus hosei Jentink, 1903
         06 Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758) - Egyptian mongoose
         07 Herpestes javanicus (Geoffroy, 1818) - small Asian mongoose
         08 Herpestes naso de Winton, 1901 - long-nosed mongoose
         09 Herpestes semitorquatus Gray, 1846 - collared mongoose
         10 Herpestes smithii Gray, 1837 - ruddy mongoose
         11 Herpestes urva (Hodgson, 1836) - crab-eating mongoose
         12 Herpestes vitticollis Bennett, 1835 - stripe-necked mongoose