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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Synapsida (synapsids)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
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Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
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Order Carnivora (carnivores)
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Suborder Feliformia (feliform carnivores)-
Family Herpestidae (mongooses)
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Genus Atilax (marsh mongoose) -
Genus Bdeogale (mongooses)
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Genus Crossarchus (cusimanses)
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Genus Cynictis (yellow mongoose)
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Genus Dologale (Pousargues's mongoose)
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Genus Galerella (slender mongooses)
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Genus Helogale (dwarf mongooses)
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Genus Herpestes (mongooses)
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Genus Ichneumia (white-tailed mongoose)
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Genus Liberiictis (Liberian mongoose)
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Genus Mungos (banded mongoose and Gambian mongoose)
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Genus Paracynictis (Selous's mongoose)
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Genus Rhynchogale (Meller's mongoose)
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Genus Suricata (meerkat)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
