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 Hemigalinae Gray, 1865 - palm and otter civets
             Genus Hemigalus Jourdan, 1837 [monotypic] - banded palm civets
               Hemigalus derbyanus (Gray, 1837) - banded palm civet
                 1 [Hemigalus derbyanus derbyanus] (Gray, 1837)
                 2 Hemigalus derbyanus boiei Müller, 1838
                 3 Hemigalus derbyanus minor Miller, 1903
                 4 Hemigalus derbyanus sipora Chasen & Kloss, 1927