Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
       Subfamily Hemigalinae Gray, 1865 - palm and otter civets
         Genus Chrotogale Thomas, 1912 - Owston's palm civet
           1 Chrotogale owstoni Thomas, 1912 - Owston's palm civet