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 richardsonii (Thomson, 1842) - African linsang
Poiana richardsonii ochracea Thomas & Wroughton, 1907