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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Viverridae
--> SUBFAMILY Viverrinae
--> GENUS Genetta
SPECIES Genetta piscivora
| Author: | J. A. Allen, 1919. | | Citation: | J. Mammal., 1: 25. | | Common Name: | Aquatic Genet | | Type Locality: | "Niapu, Belgian Congo" [Dem. Rep. Congo, Niapu, 2°25'N, 26°28'E)]. | | Distribution: | N and E Dem. Rep. Congo. | | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient as Osbornictis piscivora. | | Comments: | Some have placed in Osbornictis (Bininda-Edmonds et al., 1999; Van Rompaey, 1988; Wozencraft, 1993). Reviewed by Van Rompaey (1988) and Gaubert (2003) and Gaubert et al. (2002b, 2004). Hunt (2001) placed Osbornictis in a subfamily separate from Genetta. Gaubert et al. (2004) demonstrated that Osbornictis and Genetta are congeneric, in agreement with Verheyen (1962) and Stains (1983). |
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