Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses Herpestes auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836) - small Indian mongoose see Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836)