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 Viverra Linnaeus, 1758 - oriental civets
               Viverra tangalunga Gray, 1832 - Malayan civet
                 1 [Viverra tangalunga tangalunga] Gray, 1832
                 2 Viverra tangalunga lankavensis Robinson & Kloss, 1920