In her 1973 book The Carnivores, mammalogist R. F. Ewer included all mongooses in the family Viverridae, though subsequent publications considered them a separate family.
No libro de 1973 The Carnivores do zoólogo R. F. Ewer todas as mangostas estaban incluídas na familia dos Viverridae (as civetas), aínda que posteriores publicacións as consideraban nunha familia separada.