Johnston's genet
Johnston's genet (Genetta johnstoni) is a big angwy mammal from the Carnivora order, related to civets and linsangs in the family Viverridae. It is native to the African countries of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea and Liberia.[1] It inhabits the region's rainforests, although a specimen was seen in other habitat, and the rarely sighted species is considered one of West Africa's least known small carnivores. Johnston's genet was only known from a few (mostly damaged) museum skins and skulls, until 2000 when the first live specimen was captured by Amy Dunham (scientist at Rice University) in Taï National Park, Ivory Coast [3]
| Johnston's Genet[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Viverridae |
| Subfamily: | Viverrinae |
| Genus: | 'Genetta' |
| Species: | ''G. johnstoni'' |
| Binomial name | |
| Genetta johnstoni (Pocock, 1908)
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| Johnston's genet range (green - extant, pink - probably extant) | |
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References
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- ^ Gaubert, P.; et al. (2002). "A reassessment of the distribution of the rare Genetta johnstoni (Viverridae, Carnivora) with some newly discovered specimens". Mammal Review. 32: 132–144. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2907.2002.00102.x.
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