Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Subfamily Galidiinae Gray, 1865 - Malagasy mongooses Genus Galidia Geoffroy, 1837 - Malagasy ring-tailed mongoose 1 Galidia elegans Geoffroy, 1837 - ring-tailed mongoose