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"
                 1 Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
                 2 Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
                 3 Family Eupleridae Chenu, 1850
                 4 Family Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 - aardwolf and hyenas