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 specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-340

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006083

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 pardina

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832

Family

Viverridae

Root name

pardina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-340

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-340

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Magasin de zoologie

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Lesson (1842:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Matschie (1895:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  4. Zimara (1935:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)
  5. Zimara (1935:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)
  6. Coetzee (1971:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  10. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136437/45221360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Viverra genettoides

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

genettoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.34587.a, RMNH.MAM.34587.b, RMNH.MAM.34588.a, RMNH.MAM.34589.a, RMNH.MAM.34589.b, RMNH.MAM.34590.a, RMNH.MAM.34590.b, RMNH.MAM.34591.a, RMNH.MAM.34591.b, RMNH.MAM.34630

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34587.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34587.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34588.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34589.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34589.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34590.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34590.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34591.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34591.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34630

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835836

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

Genetta dubia

Matschie, 1902

Family

Viverridae

Root name

dubia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1109

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1141

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Genetta pantherina

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Viverridae

Root name

pantherina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA171

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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