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 Paradoxurinae Gray, 1865 - palm civets
             Genus Paradoxurus Cuvier, 1821 - palm civets
               Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777) - Asian palm civet
                 Paradoxurus hermaphroditus canescens Lyon, 1907