Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Genus Mungos Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - banded and Gambian mongooses 1 Mungos gambianus (Ogilby, 1835) - Gambian mongoose 2 Mungos mungo (Gmelin, 1788) - banded mongoose