Genetta bourloni

Gaubert, 2003

Bourlon's Genet

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Viverroidea
Family : Viverridae
Subfamily : Genettinae
Genus : Genetta

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gaubert, P. 2003. Description of a new species of genet (Carnivora; Viverridae; genus Genetta) and taxonomic revision of forest forms related to the Large-spotted Genet complex. Mammalia 67(1):85-108.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2003.67.1.85

Original name as described

Genetta bourloni

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1959-938

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1959-938

Type locality

Sérédou, Cercle de Macenta, Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006077

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Names and synonyms

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Genetta bourloni

Gaubert, 2003

Family

Viverridae

Root name

bourloni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1959-938

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1959-938

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  3. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136223/45220931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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