Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
       Subfamily Nandiniinae (Pocock, 1929) Gregory & Hellman, 1939 see Family Nandiniidae Pocock, 1929
         Genus Nandinia Gray, 1843 - African palm civet
           1 Nandinia binotata (Gray, 1830) - African palm civet