Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
       1 Subfamily Cryptoproctinae Gray, 1865 - fossa see Subfamily Euplerinae Chenu, 1850
       2 Subfamily Euplerinae Chenu, 1850
       3 Subfamily Hemigalinae Gray, 1865 - palm and otter civets
       4 Subfamily Nandiniinae (Pocock, 1929) Gregory & Hellman, 1939 see Family Nandiniidae Pocock, 1929
       5 Subfamily Paradoxurinae Gray, 1865 - palm civets
       6 Subfamily Viverrinae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs