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
Genus Osbornictis Allen, 1919 - aquatic genet
see Genus Genetta Cuvier, 1816
Osbornictis piscivora J.A. Allen, 1919 - Congo water civet
see Genetta piscivora (Allen, 1919)