Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
           Subfamily Viverrinae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs
             Genus Genetta Cuvier, 1816 - genets
               Genetta genetta (Linnaeus, 1758) - common genet
                 1 [Genetta genetta genetta] (Linnaeus, 1758)
                 2 Genetta genetta afra Cuvier, 1825
                 3 Genetta genetta dongolana Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832
                 4 Genetta genetta felina (Thunberg, 1811)
                 5 Genetta genetta senegalensis Fischer, 1829