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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324181Original 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 specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d71f88a2-20a4-48f0-b4d9-aab336d33f48Type 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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