Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
Subfamily Paradoxurinae Gray, 1865 - palm civets
Genus Paradoxurus Cuvier, 1821 - palm civets
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777) - Asian palm civet