living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
                     Suborder Feliforma see Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
                       Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
                         Subfamily Herpestinae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
                           1 Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses
                           2 Genus Ichneumia Geoffroy, 1837 - white-tailed mongoose
                           3 Genus Atilax Cuvier, 1826 - marsh mongoose
                           4 Genus Cynictis Ogilby, 1833 - yellow mongoose
                           5 Genus Paracynictis Pocock, 1916 - gray meerkat, Selous's mongoose
                           6 Genus Suricata Desmarest, 1804 - suricate, slender-tailed meerkat