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 Hemigalinae Gray, 1865 - palm and otter civets
             Genus Chrotogale Thomas, 1912 [monotypic] - Owston's palm civet
               1 Chrotogale owstoni Thomas, 1912 - Owston's palm civet