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 Poiana Gray, 1865 - African linsang
1 Poiana richardsonii (Thomson, 1842) - African linsang