Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
           Genus Herpestes Illiger, 1811 - common mongooses
             Herpestes fuscus Waterhouse, 1838 - Indian brown mongoose
               1 [Herpestes fuscus fuscus] Waterhouse, 1838
               2 Herpestes fuscus flavidens Kelaart, 1850
               3 Herpestes fuscus maccarthiae (Gray, 1851)
               4 Herpestes fuscus rubidior Pocock, 1937
               5 Herpestes fuscus siccatus Thomas, 1924