Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
       Subfamily Herpestinae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
         Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses
           01 Herpestes brachyurus Gray, 1837 - short-tailed mongoose
           02 Herpestes edwardsii (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818) - Indian grey mongoose see Herpestes edwardsi (Geoffroy, 1818)
           03 Herpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758) - Egyptian mongoose
           04 Herpestes javanicus (Geoffroy, 1818) - small Asian mongoose
           05 Herpestes naso de Winton, 1901 - long-nosed mongoose
           06 Herpestes palustris Ghose, 1965 see Herpestes javanicus palustris Ghose, 1965
           07 Herpestes semitorquatus Gray, 1846 - collared mongoose
           08 Herpestes smithii Gray, 1837 - ruddy mongoose
           09 Herpestes urva (Hodgson, 1836) - crab-eating mongoose
           10 Herpestes vitticollis Bennett, 1835 - stripe-necked mongoose