Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Status: extant
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  Status: extant
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
    Status: extant
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
      Status: extant
         Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
        Status: extant
           Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses
          Status: extant
             Herpestes urva (Hodgson, 1836) - crab-eating mongoose
            Status: extant
               1 [Herpestes urva urva] (Hodgson, 1836)
              Status: extant
               2 Herpestes urva annamensis Bechthold, 1936
              Status: extant
               3 Herpestes urva formosanus Bechthold, 1936
              Status: extant
               4 Herpestes urva sinensis Bechthold, 1936
              Status: extant