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Taxon: Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 (mammal)
Classification by:

Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: [*] 21o;132f;1061g;4316s; ‡1f;5g;38s
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
  Count: [*] 9f;92g;237s; ‡1s
     Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
    Count: [*] 18g;39s
       01 Genus Galidea see Genus Galidia Geoffroy, 1837
      Count: [*] 1s
       02 Genus Galidictis Geoffroy, 1839 - Malagasy broad-striped mongooses
      Count: [*] 2s
       03 Genus Mungotictis Pocock, 1915 - Malagasy narrow-striped mongoose
      Count: [*] 1s
       04 Genus Salanoia Gray, 1865 - Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose
      Count: [*] 1s
       05 Genus Suricata Desmarest, 1804 - suricate, slender-tailed meerkat
      Count: [*] 1s
       06 Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses
      Count: [*] 12s
       07 Genus Helogale Gray, 1862 - dwarf mongooses
      Count: [*] 2s
       08 Genus Dologale Thomas, 1926 - African tropical savannah mongoose
      Count: [*] 1s
       09 Genus Galerella Gray, 1865
      Count: [*] 3s
       10 Genus Atilax Cuvier, 1826 - marsh mongoose
      Count: [*] 1s
       11 Genus Mungos Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - banded and Gambian mongooses
      Count: [*] 2s
       12 Genus Crossarchus Cuvier, 1825 - cusimanses
      Count: [*] 4s
       13 Genus Liberiictis Hayman, 1958 - Liberian mongoose
      Count: [*] 1s
       14 Genus Ichneumia Geoffroy, 1837 - white-tailed mongoose
      Count: [*] 1s
       15 Genus Bdeogale Peters, 1850 - black-legged mongooses
      Count: [*] 3s
       16 Genus Rhynchogale Thomas, 1894 - Meller's mongoose
      Count: [*] 1s
       17 Genus Cynictis Ogilby, 1833 - yellow mongoose
      Count: [*] 1s
       18 Genus Paracynictis Pocock, 1916 - gray meerkat, Selous's mongoose
      Count: [*] 1s

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