Pardine Genet

Pardine Genet[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Viverridae
Genus: Genetta
Species: G. pardina
Binomial name
Genetta pardina
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832
Pardine Genet range
Synonyms
  • amer Gray, 1843
  • dubia Matschie, 1902
  • genettoides Temminck, 1853
  • pantherina Hamilton-Smith, 1842

The Pardine Genet (Genetta pardina), is a mammal from the Carnivora order that is related to linsangs and civets. It is found in a wide range of habitats[2] in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Sierra Leone[1].

References

  1. ^ a b Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds (2005). "Genetta pardina". Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000398. 
  2. ^ a b Gaubert, P. & Dunham, A. (2008). Genetta pardina. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 08 June 2010. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern