Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
           Viverrinae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs
             Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776) - African civet