Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
           Subfamily Mungotinae
             Genus Suricata Desmarest, 1804 [monotypic] - suricate, slender-tailed meerkat
               Suricata suricatta (Schreber, 1776) - meerkat
                 1 [Suricata suricatta suricatta] (Schreber, 1776)
                 2 Suricata suricatta iona Cabral, 1971
                 3 Suricata suricatta marjoriae Bradfield, 1936