Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
           Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
             Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
               Theria of Metatherian-Eutherian grade
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
                     Superfamily Aeluroidea Flower, 1869 see Infraorder Aeluroidea Flower, 1869
                       1 Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
                       2 Family Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 - aardwolf and hyenas
                       3 Family Felidae Batsch, 1788 - cats