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SPECIES Genetta maculata
Author: | Gray, 1830. | Citation: | Spicil. Zool., 2: 9. | Common Name: | Rusty-spotted Genet | Type Locality: | "in Africa Boreali". Subsequently redefined by Gaubert et al. (2003b) as "6 km from Hirna (Harrar Road, 2180m), Ethiopia", following designation of a neotype. | 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. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Traditionally recognized as G. rubiginosa Pucheran, 1855; this form is attributed to G. thierryi (see Schlawe, 1980a, 1981; Crawford-Cabral and Pacheco, 1992). Gaubert et al. (2003a, 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. (2003a, b). Rosevear (1974) believed that V. maculata Gray (1830) was invalid, but see Schlawe (1980a, 1981) who defended its use. See Gaubert et al. (2003a, b) for usage of the name V. maculata Gray, 1830. Crawford-Cabral (1981a) 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. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
aequatorialis Heuglin, 1866 albiventris Roberts, 1932 deorum Funaioli and Simonetta, 1960 erlangeri Matschie, 1902 fieldiana Du Chaillu, 1860 gleimi Matschie, 1902 insularis Cabrera, 1921 letabae Thomas and Schwann, 1906 matschiei Neumann, 1902 pumila Hollister, 1916 schoutedeni Crawford-Cabral, 1970 schraderi Matschie, 1902 soror Schwarz, 1929 stuhlmanni Matschie, 1902 suahelica Matschie, 1902 zambesiana Matschie, 1902 zuluensis Roberts, 1924
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