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 Civettictis Pocock, 1915 [monotypic] - African civet
Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776) - African civet
1 [Civettictis civetta civetta] (Schreber, 1776)
2 Civettictis civetta australis Lundholm, 1955
3 Civettictis civetta congica Cabrera, 1929
4 Civettictis civetta pauli Kock, Künzel & Rayaleh, 2000
5 Civettictis civetta schwarzi Cabrera, 1929
6 Civettictis civetta volkmanni Lundholm, 1955