Herpestes Kunth Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank GENUS Published in Syn. Pl. ii. 124 (1823), sphalm. Classification kingdom Plantae phylum Tracheophyta class Magnoliopsida order Lamiales family Scrophulariaceae genus Herpestes Name Homonyms Herpestes Illiger, 1811 Herpestes Kunth Herpestes Cuvier, 1829 Herpestes Schrad.