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 Viverricula Hodgson, 1838 [monotypic] - lesser oriental civet, rasse
               Viverricula indica (Geoffroy, 1803) - small Indian civet
                 [Viverricula indica indica] (Geoffroy, 1803)