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 urva (Hodgson, 1836) - crab-eating mongoose
               1 [Herpestes urva urva] (Hodgson, 1836)
               2 Herpestes urva annamensis Bechthold, 1936
               3 Herpestes urva formosanus Bechthold, 1936
               4 Herpestes urva sinensis Bechthold, 1936