Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 - aardwolf and hyenas
       1 Subfamily Hyaeninae Gray, 1821
       2 Subfamily Protelinae Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851 - aardwolf