Genetta cristata

Hayman in Sanderson, 1940

Crested 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

Sanderson, I.T. 1940-01. The Mammals of the North Cameroons Forest Area. Being the Results of the Percy Sladen Expedition to the Mamfe Division of the British Cameroons. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 24(7):623-726.

Original name as described

Genetta servalina cristata

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1939.323

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Gabon? · Republic of the Congo?

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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