Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Status: extant
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
  Status: extant
     Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
    Status: extant
       Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
      Status: extant
         Family Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 - aardwolf and hyenas
        Status: extant