NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Helogale
  Family - Herpestidae
  Suborder - Feliformia
  Order - Carnivora
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Helogale hirtula hirtula
      Subspecies - Helogale hirtula ahlselli
      Subspecies - Helogale hirtula annulata
      Subspecies - Helogale hirtula lutescens
      Subspecies - Helogale hirtula powelli