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
           1 Subfamily Paradoxurinae Gray, 1865 - palm civets
           2 Subfamily Hemigalinae Gray, 1865 - palm and otter civets
           3 Subfamily Prionodontinae Pocock, 1933 [monotypic] see Family Prionodontidae Pocock, 1933
           4 Subfamily Viverrinae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs