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 Paradoxurus Cuvier, 1821 - palm civets
               1 Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777) - Asian palm civet
               2 Paradoxurus jerdoni Blanford, 1885 - Jerdon's palm civet
               3 Paradoxurus zeylonensis (Pallas, 1777) - golden palm civet