Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
Subfamily Euplerinae Chenu, 1850
Genus Fossa Gray, 1865 - Malagasy civet
Fossa fossana (Müller, 1776) - Malagasy civet