MSW Scientific Names

Genetta genetta



• Author........ : (Linnaeus, 1758).
  
• Citation...... : Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:45.
  
• Original Name. : [Viverra] Genetta Linnaeus, 1758.
  
• Distribution.. :Algeria, Angola, Arabia, Belgium, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Holland, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mauritania,Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Orange Free State, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
  
• Type Locality. :"oriente juxta rivos", restricted by Linnaeus (1766ref) to "oriente juxta rivos, Hispania", later listed by Thomas (1911ref) as "Spain". Cabrera (1914ref), synonymizing G. peninsulaelig, further restricted the type locality to "El Pardo, cerca de Madrid" [Spain, El Pardo, near Madrid (40deg32'N, 3deg46'W)].
  
• Comments...... : Subgenus Genetta. Schlawe (1981ref) included afra, bonapartei, barbar, barbara, balearica, lusitanica, melas, peninsulae, pyrenaica, terraesanctae, rhodanica, and i ...[more]...
  
• Status........ : IUCN - Rare as G. g. isabelae.
  
  
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