Genetta genetta (Linnaeus 1758)
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Genetta genetta (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL
[Viverra] genetta Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 45 View Cited Treatment .
Type Locality: "oriente juxta rivos", restricted by Linnaeus (1766) to "oriente juxta rivos, Hispania", later listed by Thomas (1911 a) as " Spain ". Cabrera (1914), synonymizing G. peninsulae , further restricted the type locality to "El Pardo, cerca de Madrid " [ Spain, El Pardo, near Madrid (40°32'N, 3°46'W)] GoogleMaps .
Vernacular Names: Common Genet.
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Subspecies Genetta genetta subsp. genetta Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Genetta genetta subsp. afra F. G. Cuvier 1825
Subspecies Genetta genetta subsp. dongolana Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
Subspecies Genetta genetta subsp. felina Thunberg 1811
Subspecies Genetta genetta subsp. senegalensis J. B. Fischer 1829
Distribution: Algeria, Angola, Arabia, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as G. g. isabelae, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Schlawe (1981) included afra, bonapartei, barbar, barbara , balearica, lusitanica, melas, peninsulae , pyrenaica, terraesanctae, rhodanica, and isabelae; and provisionally separated into G. felina the following: guardafuensis, hararensis, leptura, senegalensis , dongolana , granti, neumanni, bella , pulchra , and ludia, which are included here, following Crawford-Cabral (1966 a, 1969; 1981 a), Coetzee (1977 b), Smithers (1983), and Wozencraft (1984, 1989 b). Reviewed by Crawford-Cabral (1966 a, 1969, 1981 a), Schlawe (1981), and Larivière and Calzada (2001). Rosevear (1974) separated senegalensis from genetta . However, this was not followed by Coetzee (1977 b), Kingdon (1977), Ansell (1978), Crawford-Cabral (1981 a), or Wozencraft (1989 b). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman et al. (1953), Schlawe (1981), Wozencraft (1984), and Larivière and Calzada (2001).
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Genetta genetta (Linnaeus 1758)
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005 |