Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
           Subfamily Mungotinae
             Genus Helogale Gray, 1862 - dwarf mongooses
               Helogale parvula (Sundevall, 1847) - common dwarf mongoose
                 1 [Helogale parvula parvula] (Sundevall, 1847)
                 2 Helogale parvula ivori Thomas, 1919
                 3 Helogale parvula mimetra Thomas, 1926
                 4 Helogale parvula nero Thomas, 1928
                 5 Helogale parvula ruficeps Kershaw, 1922
                 6 Helogale parvula undulatus (Peters, 1852)
                 7 Helogale parvula varia Thomas, 1902