Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Caniformia Kretzoi, 1943
         Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters
           Subfamily Mustelinae Batsch, 1788 - weasels
             Genus Melogale Geoffroy, 1831 - ferret-badgers
               Melogale orientalis (Horsfield, 1821) - Javan ferret-badger
                 1 [Melogale orientalis orientalis] (Horsfield, 1821)
                 2 Melogale orientalis sundaicus (Sody, 1937)