Translingual

Proper noun

Herpestinae

1. A taxonomic subfamily within the family Herpestidae – the mongooses, etc..

Hypernyms

• (subfamily): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Placentalia - cohort; Boreoeutheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Feliformia - suborder; Herpestidae - family

Hyponyms

Wikispecies

• (tribe): Atilax, Bdeogale, Crossarchus, Cynictis, Dologale, Helogale, Herpestes, Ichneumia, Liberiictus, Mungos, Paracynictis, Rhynchogale, Suricata (the meerkats) - genera