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
Nandinia binotata (Gray, 1830) - African palm civet