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 Civettictis Pocock, 1915 - African civet
Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776) - African civet