Genetta poensis Waterhouse 1838

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 556

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scientific name	Genetta poensis Waterhouse 1838
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Genetta poensis Waterhouse 1838 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838: 59.

Type Locality: " Fernando Po " [Bioko Isl, Equatorial Guinea].

Vernacular Names: King Genet.

Distribution: Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Liberia, Republic of Congo.

Discussion: Considered conspecific with pardina-maculata by Schlawe (1981), Wozencraft (1993) and Grubb et al. (1998). Rosevear (1974) and Crawford-Cabral (1981 a) discussed its taxonomic status. Erroneously used for designating cristata by Jeannin (1936) and Happold (1987). Gaubert et al. (2003 a) proposed a specific status on the basis of coat pattern and hair ultrastructure, together with sympatric distribution with pardina and maculata .