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 Viverricula Hodgson, 1838 [monotypic] - lesser oriental civet, rasse
Viverricula indica (Geoffroy, 1803) - small Indian civet
Viverricula indica wellsi Pocock, 1933