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.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1940.tb00342.x

Original name as described

Genetta servalina cristata

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1939.323

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/69d7fd9f-3aec-4f52-b8af-7ec7c9093f4b

Type locality

Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006078

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Genetta servalina cristata

Hayman in Sanderson, 1940

Family

Viverridae

Root name

cristata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.323

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/69d7fd9f-3aec-4f52-b8af-7ec7c9093f4b

Authority page

686

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Eisentraut (1963:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  2. Coetzee (1971:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)

Genetta bini

Rosevear, 1974

Family

Viverridae

Root name

bini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1950.315

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/75159ee6-9e8f-4d5a-9311-86d823e0e964

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8726366

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Genetta cristata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Viverridae

Root name

cristata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  4. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8998/45198406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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