Genetta felina ( Thunberg, 1811 )

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Zoosystema 43 (21), pp. 387-548 : 439

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scientific name	Genetta felina ( Thunberg, 1811 )
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Viverra felina Thunberg, 1811

( Figs 188 View FIG ; 189 View FIG )

Viverra felina Thunberg, 1811a: 165 View in CoL .

COMMON NAME. — Feline Genet.

CURRENT NAME. — Genetta felina ( Thunberg, 1811) View in CoL .

See Jennings & Veron (2009: 217). This species is possibly Genetta tigrina View in CoL (Schreber, 1776: pl. 115 [1776], 3 (25): 425 [1777]). See Wozencraft (2005: 557) and Jennings & Veron (2009: 224).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Cape Town, South Africa.

COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No specimen identified in MNHN collection.

COMMENTS. — One animal was collected taken alive back to France on board Le Géographe under the name of “Genette du Cap” by É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1804c: 172) and “ Viverra capensis ?” by Péron (1804a); which appear to refer to either Genetta felina or Genetta tigrina ( Jennings & Veron 2009: 217, 224). Donated by Jan Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Cape Colony in South Africa (Report 20 April 1804 by Fourcroy stored in library of the MNHN; See also Milius (1987: 57). Donation to François Péron ( Péron 1804a). An illustration by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur (Inv. no. 80165 and 80166; Figs 185-186 View FIG View FIG ) of a live animal refers to the subject only as “ursus???”. Baglione & Crémière (2009: 172) referred to the same image as “Civette paliste”.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80165 and 80166 ( Figs 188 View FIG ; 189 View FIG ; one animal.