Poiana richardsonii

(T. R. H. Thomson, 1842)

Central African 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

Thomson, T.R.H. 1842-11-01. Description of a new species of Genetta, and of two species of birds from western Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(64):203-205.

Original name as described

Genetta Richardsonii

Other common names

African Linsang · Richardson's Linsang

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1842.10.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Central African Republic · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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