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 Mungos Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - banded and Gambian mongooses
               1 Mungos gambianus (Ogilby, 1835) - Gambian mongoose
               2 Mungos mungo (Gmelin, 1788) - banded mongoose