Genetta genetta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Amori, Giovanni, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Decher, Jan, Assou, Delagnon, Gippoliti, Spartaco & Luiselli, Luca, 2016, Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 201-244 : 214-215

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n2a3

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scientific name

Genetta genetta (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Genetta genetta (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL °

REMARK

Reported for the country by IUCN (2014), and indirectly by Wozencraft (2005).

Genetta maculata (Gray, 1830) ▶ ( Fig. 11 View FIG )

HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — This species was first recorded in Togo by Matschie (1893b) (Bismarckburg).

VOUCHERS. — Eleven vouchers from Misahohe, Bismarckburg (Adéle), Sokodé, and Haho-Baoué are stored in the ZMB. Captive specimens, coming from Badou, were observed in 2014 ( Fig. 11 View FIG ).

Genetta thierryi Matschie, 1902

HISTORICAL LITERATURE. — The type locality for this species is Borgou, Togo.

VOUCHERS. — Some specimens, captured at Pagala, are currently stored in the NMNH. Nine vouchers are deposited in the ZMB, with one individual coming from Haho-Baoué and the other specimens with no precise locality given.

MATSCHIE P. 1893 b. - Saugethiere des Togogebietes, in Beitrage zur Fauna des Togolandes. Mittheilungen aus den deutschen Schutzegebieten 6: 162 - 180.

WOZENCRAFT W. C. 2005. - Order Carnivora, in WILSON D. E. & REEDER D. M. (eds), Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 532 - 628.

Gallery Image

FIG. 11.— Two captive individuals of Genetta maculata (Linnaeus,1758) captured at Badou, in the ecological zone IV. Photograph: Fabio Petrozzi.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Viverridae

Genus

Genetta