Herpestidae after Savage, 1978, and McKenna & Bell, 1997, with recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Herpestidae (mangustit) |?- †“Herpestides” aequatorialis Schmidt-Kittler, 1987 |?- †“Leptoplesictis” rangwai Schmidt-Kittler, 1987 |?- †“Leptoplesictis” mbitensis Schmidt-Kittler, 1987 |?- †Herpestides |?- Galidiinae Gill, 1872 (Malagasy mongooses; madagaskarin mangustit) [treated as subfamily of Eupleridae by Yoder et al., 2003] `--o Herpestinae (afrikan ja aasian mangustit) |--o Herpestes [Calogale] | |?- †H. primitivus | |?- †H. delibis | |?- †H. mesotes | |?- †H. palaeoserengetensis | |?- †H. palaeogracilis | |-- (Xenogale) naso (pitkäkuonomangusti) | `--o (Herpestes) | |-- H. (H.) ichneumon (faaraorotta, egyptinmangusti, ikneumo) | |-- H. (H.) javanicus (intianpikkumangusti) | |-- H. (H.) auropunctatus [ssp.=>H. javanicus] | |-- H. (H.) edwardsi (mungo) | |-- H. (H.) smithi (ruostemangusti) | |-- H. (H.) fuscus | |-- H. (H.) vitticollis (juovaniskamangusti) | |-- ?H. (H.) palustris [ssp.=>H. urva] | |-- H. (H.) brachyurus(lyhythäntämangusti) | |-- H. (H.) hosei | |-- H. (H.) semitorquatus()? | `--o H. (H.) urva (rapumangusti + intianruskomangusti) | |-- H. (H.) u. urva | `-- H. (H.) u. fusca `--+--o Galerella Gray, 1865; L.Mioc. CAf., R.Af. [sg.=> Herpestes] | |-- G. pulverulenta (kapinharmaamangusti) | |-- G. sanguinea (Rüppell, 1836) (hoikkamangusti) | |-- G. flavescens [jr. synon. of Galerella sanguineus] | |-- G. swalius [jr. synon. of Galerella sanguineus] | `-- ?G. nigrata [jr. synon. of Galerella sanguineus] `--+--o Mungos (mangustit) | |-- †M. dietrichi | |-- †M. minutus | |-- M. gambianus (gambianmangusti) | `-- M. mungo (seepramangusti) `--+--o Crossarchus (cusimanses) | |-- C. transvaalensis | |-- C. obscurus (mango) | |-- C. platycephalus | |-- C. alexandri (itäafrikanmangusti) | `-- C. ansorgei (angolanmangusti) `--+-- Liberiictis kuhni (liberianmangusti) `--+--o Helogale | |-- H. parvula (kääpiömangusti) | `-- H. hirtula (Dwarf Mongoose) `--+-- Dologale dybowskii (dybowskinmangusti) `--+--o Bdeogale | |--o (Bdeogale) crassicauda (paksuhäntämangusti) | | |-- B. (B.) c. crassicauda | | |-- B. (B.) c. omnivora | | `-- B. (B.) c. tenuis | `--o (Galeriscus) | |-- B. (G.) nigripes (mustajalkamangusti) | `-- B. (G.) jacksoni `--+-- Rhynchogale melleri (mellerinmangusti) `--+-- Ichneumia albicauda (valkohäntämangusti) `--+-- Atilax paludinosus (suomangusti) `--+-- Cynictis penicillata (kettumangusti) `--+-- Paracynictis selousi [Cynictis selousi] (selousinmangusti) `--o Suricata (suricates; surikaatit, nelisormimangustit) |-- †S. major `-- S. suricatta (nelisormimangusti)
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