Genetta pardina

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832

Pardine 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1832. Genette. _Genetta._ Cuv. Magasin de zoologie 2(5):1-4.

Original name as described

Genetta pardina

Other common names

West African Large-spotted Genet

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-340

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Senegal.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Mali · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo? · Benin?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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