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
                 Civettictis civetta australis Lundholm, 1955