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
             Genus Paguma Gray, 1831 [monotypic] - masked palm civet
               1 Paguma larvata (Smith, 1825) - masked palm civet