Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
Genus Viverra Linnaeus, 1758 - oriental civets
Viverra civetta Schreber, 1776 - African civet
see Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776)