Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas Genus Paradoxurus Cuvier, 1821 - palm civets Paradoxurus jerdoni Blanford, 1885 - Jerdon's palm civet