Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
Magnorder Boreoeutheria Springer & de Jong, 2001
Superorder Laurasiatheria Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
Infraorder Viverroidea "Gray, 1821"
Family Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 - aardwolf and hyenas