Poiana leightoni

Pocock, 1908

Leighton's Oyan

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Viverroidea
Family : Viverridae
Subfamily : Genettinae
Genus : Poiana

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/31579519

Original name as described

Poiana richardsoni leightoni

Other common names

West African Linsang · Leighton's Linsang

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.23.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Liberia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Guinea?

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006090

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.

Poiana richardsoni leightoni

Pocock, 1908

Family

Viverridae

Root name

leightoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.23.2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1045

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31579519

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Poiana leightoni

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

leightoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  3. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44165/45220840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Poiana richardsoni liberiensis

Pocock, 1908

Family

Viverridae

Root name

liberiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectoriginalspelling

Authority page

1043

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31579517

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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