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
           Subfamily Paradoxurinae Gray, 1865 - palm civets
             1 Genus Arctictis Temminck, 1824 [monotypic] - binturong
             2 Genus Arctogalidia Merriam, 1897 [monotypic] - small-toothed palm civet, three-striped palm civet
             3 Genus Macrogalidia Schwarz, 1910 [monotypic] - Sulawesian palm civet
             4 Genus Paguma Gray, 1831 [monotypic] - masked palm civet
             5 Genus Paradoxurus Cuvier, 1821 - palm civets