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--> FAMILY Viverridae
--> SUBFAMILY Viverrinae
--> GENUS Genetta
SPECIES Genetta thierryi
| Author: | Matschie, 1902. | | Citation: | Verh. V. Internat. Zool. Congr., 1901: 1142. | | Common Name: | Haussa Genet | | Type Locality: | "Hinterlang von Togo von 9° n. Br. ab.", restricted to "Borogu = Borgou, (10.78 N., 0.65 E)" by Schlawe (1981:159). | | Distribution: | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Togo. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Includes Pseudogenetta villiersi (see Crawford-Cabral, 1969, 1981a; Rosevear, 1974; and Schlawe, 1981). Schlawe (1981) pointed out that the type of G. rubiginosa, which traditionally has been considered a synonym of G. maculata, is actually a senior synonym of G. thierryi. This was later verified by Crawford-Cabral and Pacheco (1992), who nevertheless continued to use "rubiginosa" to represent the Rusty-spotted Genet (=maculata). See Gaubert et al. (2003a) for use of the name G. thierryi Matschie, 1902, under the status of nomen protectum. See also comments under G. maculata. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
rubiginosa Pucheran, 1855
villiersi (Dekeyser, 1949)
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