Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
           Subfamily Viverrinae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs
             Genus Poiana Gray, 1865 - African linsang
               Poiana leightoni Pocock, 1908 - Leighton's linsang