Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
       Subfamily Viverrinae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs
         1 Genus Civettictis Pocock, 1915 - African civet
         2 Genus Genetta Cuvier, 1816 - genets
         3 Genus Osbornictis Allen, 1919 - aquatic genet see Genus Genetta Cuvier, 1816
         4 Genus Poiana Gray, 1865 - African linsang
         5 Genus Prionodon Horsfield, 1822 - oriental linsangs
         6 Genus Viverra Linnaeus, 1758 - oriental civets
         7 Genus Viverricula Hodgson, 1838 - lesser oriental civet, rasse