Genetta poensis, Waterhouse, 1838
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King Genet
French: Genette royale / German: Konigsgenette / Spanish: Gineta real
Taxonomy. Genetta poensis Waterhouse, 1838 View in CoL ,
Fernando Po.
Has been considered conspecific with G. pardina . Monotypic.
Distribution. Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko I), and PR Congo. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 60-2 cm, tail 41-5 cm; weight 2-2.5 kg. A heavily built genet with a short, rough pelage.
The coat varies from pale yellowish-gray to yellow; the ventral pelage is whitish-yellow to gray. The nuchal stripes are not clearly defined. The continuous mid-dorsal line is dark and beginsafter the shoulder. There is no dorsal crest. The dorsal spots are elongated and squared, completely dark, and coalesced in variousparts of the body. The face has a well-marked mask, suband supra-ocular white spots, and a thin dark vertical line on the muzzle. The ears are broad-based and slightly rounded. The tail is thickly furred, with four to six pale rings; the proximal half is dark. The hindlimbs and forelimbs are dark and well spotted. The forefeet and hindfeet are spotted above and dark below. The skull is large, with the insertion of the masseter muscles always forming a narrow elevated crest. The premaxillary-frontal contact is present and the posterior extension of the frontal bones is narrow. The posterior chamber of the auditory bulla has a broken curve line. The ratio between the inter-orbital constriction and frontal width is less than 1 + 0-12. Dental formula: 1 3/3, Cl1/1,P4/4,M 2/2 = 40.
Habitat. Rainforest.
Food and Feeding. Nothing known.
Activity patterns. Nothing known.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Nothing known.
Breeding. Nothing known.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Only known from ten museum specimens, with no records since 1946. Urgent survey work is required to confirm if it still survives in the wild. Hunting pressure is a threat, as most of the museum skins were collected from local hunters or bushmeat markets.
Bibliography. Crawford-Cabral (1981), Gaubert (2003a, 2003b, In press d), Gaubert, Taylor & Veron (2005), Gaubert, Tranier et al. (2004), Grubb et al. (1998), Rosevear (1974), Schlawe (1981), Wozencraft (2005).
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