Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
           Genus Rhynchogale Thomas, 1894 [monotypic] - Meller's mongoose
             1 Rhynchogale melleri (Gray, 1865) - Meller's mongoose