A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Herpestidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus (G. Cuvier, 1829) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bushy-tailed MongooseBdeogale crassicauda Peters, 1852 | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jackson's MongooseBdeogale jacksoni (Thomas, 1894) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-footed MongooseBdeogale nigripes Pucheran, 1855 | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata (G. Cuvier, 1829) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pousargues' mongooseDologale dybowskii (Pousargues, 1893) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan Slender MongooseGalerella flavescens (Bocage, 1889) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somalian Slender MongooseGalerella ochracea (Gray, 1848) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Slender MongooseGalerella sanguinea (Rüppell, 1835) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ethiopian Dwarf MongooseHelogale hirtula Thomas, 1904 | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Dwarf MongooseHelogale parvula (Sundevall, 1847) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Egyptian MongooseHerpestes ichneumon (Linnaeus, 1758) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed MongooseIchneumia albicauda (G. Cuvier, 1829) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Liberian MongooseLiberiictis kuhni Hayman, 1958 | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gambian MongooseMungos gambianus (Ogilby, 1835) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded MongooseMungos mungo (Gmelin, 1788) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Selous' MongooseParacynictis selousi (de Winton, 1896) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| MeerkatSuricata suricatta (Schreber, 1776) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian Brown MongooseUrva fusca (Waterhouse, 1838) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan MongooseUrva javanica (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruddy MongooseUrva smithii (Gray, 1837) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-nosed MongooseXenogale naso (de Winton, 1901) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.