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 Cynogale Gray, 1837 - otter civet
Cynogale bennettii Gray, 1837 - otter civet