Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
Subfamily Cryptoproctinae Gray, 1865 - fossa
see Subfamily Euplerinae Chenu, 1850
1 Genus Cryptoprocta Bennett, 1833 - fossa