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

Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: 29o;11f;21g; ‡1f
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  Count: 28o;9f;21g; ‡1f
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
    Count: [**] 15f;125g;282s;1263ss; ‡1g;4s;5ss; †1s
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
      Count: [**] 6f;54g;121s;497ss; ‡3ss
         Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
        Count: [*] 14g;33s;157ss
           1 Subfamily Mungotinae
          Count: [*] 10g;17s;61ss
           2 Genus Atilax Cuvier, 1826 [monotypic] - marsh mongoose
          Count: [*] 1s;11ss
           3 Genus Galerella Gray, 1865
          Count: [*] 4s;33ss
           4 Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses
          Count: [*] 10s;50ss
           5 Genus Rhynchogale Thomas, 1894 [monotypic] - Meller's mongoose
          Count: [*] 1s;2ss

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