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Taxon: Genus Mungos Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - banded and Gambian mongooses (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Herpestidae

Subsequent positions

Herpestinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845

Current position

Mungotinae (Subfamily)

Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 562.

Alternative positions

*Herpestidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 111.
*Herpestinae* (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 239.

Historical positions

*Mungotinae* (Subfamily)	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 562, 570.
*Herpestinae* (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 239.
*Herpestinae* (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 307.
*Herpestidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 111.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;16ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Nov 2014	[2s;16ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 571	[2s;16ss]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[2s]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[2s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2s]

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Last updated: 28 Aug 2026