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SPECIES Crossarchus obscurus

Author:F. G. Cuvier, 1825.
Citation:In E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, Nat. Mammifères, Hist., pt. 3, 5(47): "Mangue," 3 pp., 1 pl..
Common Name:Common Kusimanse
Type Locality:"côtes occidentales de l'Afrique, et vraisemblablement des parties qui sont au midi de la Gambie" restricted by F. G. Cuvier (1829:158) to "Sierra Leone".
Distribution:Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ghana (west of the Dahomey Gap).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Goldman (1984) separated central (C. platycephalus) from western (C. obscurus) African populations based on phenetic differences in skull proportions. Wozencraft (1989b) argued that these populations are conspecific. Reviewed by Goldman (1987). The separation of C. platycephalus from C. obscurus has been generally supported by others (Colyn and Van Rompaey, 1994).
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    punctatissimus (Temminck, 1853)

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