Johnston's Genet

Johnston's Genet

Taxobox
name = Johnston's Genet
status = DD
status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Viverridae
subfamilia = Viverrinae
genus = "Genetta"
species = "G. johnstoni"
binomial = "Genetta johnstoni"
binomial_authority = (Pocock, 1908)

Johnston's Genet ("Genetta johnstoni") is a species of carnivore mammal, related to civets and linsangs in the family Viverridae. Its range includes the African countries of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea and Liberia. It inhabits the regions rainforests, and the rarely-sighted species is considered one of West Africa's least known small carnivores.

References

[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/8997/all IUCN Red List]
[http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2907.2002.00102.x?cookieSet=1 A reassessment of the distribution of the rare Genetta johnstoni (Viverridae, Carnivora) with some newly discovered specimens]


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