Genetta johnstoni

Pocock, 1908

Johnston'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

Pocock, R.I. 1908-06-04. Report upon a small collection of Mammalia brought from Liberia by Mr. Leonard Leighton. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1907(4):1037-1047.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31579513

Original name as described

Genetta johnstoni

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.23.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a863ca1-f009-4c19-8313-67a2aef420cf

Type locality

Liberia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006081

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 johnstoni

Pocock, 1908

Family

Viverridae

Root name

johnstoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.23.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a863ca1-f009-4c19-8313-67a2aef420cf

Authority page

1041

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31579513

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  6. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8997/45198265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Genetta (Paragenetta) lehmanni

Kuhn, 1960

Family

Viverridae

Root name

lehmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1957.11

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

154-160

Authority publication

Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen

Name usages

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

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