Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Eupleridae Chenu, 1850
           Subfamily Galidiinae Gray, 1865 - Malagasy mongooses
             Genus Galidia Geoffroy, 1837 [monotypic] - Malagasy ring-tailed mongoose
               Galidia elegans Geoffroy, 1837 - ring-tailed mongoose
                 1 [Galidia elegans elegans] Geoffroy, 1837
                 2 Galidia elegans dambrensis Tate & Rand, 1941
                 3 Galidia elegans occidentalis Albignac, 1971