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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Viverridae
--> SUBFAMILY Viverrinae
--> GENUS Genetta
SPECIES Genetta cristata
| Author: | Hayman In Sanborn, 1940. | | Citation: | Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 24: 686. | | Common Name: | Crested Servaline Genet | | Type Locality: | "Okoiyong, Mamfe Division, Cameroons"; [Nigeria, 5°45’N, 8°25’E]. | | Distribution: | Cameroon-Nigeria border region. | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Considered conspecific with servalina by Hayman in the original description, and followed by Coetzee (1977b) and Wozencraft (1993). However, see Rosevear (1974), Crawford-Cabral (1981a), Powell and Van Rompaey (1998), and Van Rompaey and Colyn (1998) who considered it distinct. Synonyms allocated according to Gaubert et al. (2003a, b). |
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