Genetta maculata Gray 1830

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Genetta maculata Gray 1830

Genetta maculata Gray 1830 , Spicil. Zool., 2: 9.

Type Locality: "in Africa Boreali". Subsequently redefined by Gaubert et al. (2003 b) as " 6 km from Hirna (Harrar Road, 2180m), Ethiopia ", following designation of a neotype .

Vernacular Names: Rusty-spotted Genet.

Synonyms: Genetta aequatorialis Heuglin 1866 ; Genetta albiventris Roberts 1932 ; Genetta deorum Funaioli and Simonetta 1960 ; Genetta erlangeri Matschie 1902 ; Genetta fieldiana Du Chaillu 1860 ; Genetta gleimi Matschie 1902 ; Genetta insularis Cabrera 1921 ; Genetta letabae Thomas and Schwann 1906 ; Genetta matschiei Neumann 1902 ; Genetta pumila Hollister 1916 ; Genetta schoutedeni Crawford-Cabral 1970 ; Genetta schraderi Matschie 1902 ; Genetta soror Schwarz 1929 ; Genetta stuhlmanni Matschie 1902 ; Genetta suahelica Matschie 1902 ; Genetta zambesiana Matschie 1902 ; Genetta zuluensis Roberts 1924 .

Distribution: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Dem. Rep. Congo, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea (incl. Bioko), Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Traditionally recognized as G. rubiginosa Pucheran, 1855 ; this form is attributed to G. thierryi (see Schlawe, 1980 a, 1981; Crawford-Cabral and Pacheco, 1992). Gaubert et al. (2003 a, b) proposed that rubiginosa Pucheran, 1855 is a nomen oblitum. Synonyms allocated according to Roberts (1951), Crawford-Cabral and Pacheco (1992) and Gaubert et al. (2003 a, b). Rosevear (1974) believed that V. maculata Gray (1830) was invalid, but see Schlawe (1980 a, 1981) who defended its use. See Gaubert et al. (2003 a, b) for usage of the name V. maculata Gray, 1830 . Crawford-Cabral (1981 a) and Ansell (1978) placed genets west of the Dahomey Gap in pardina and southern and eastern populations in rubiginosa (= maculata ) (except for the extreme southern tigrina ), which is followed here. G. schoutedeni Crawford-Cabral, 1970 and suahelica Matschie, 1902 should probably best be considered incertae sedis.