Genetta abyssinica

(Rüppell, 1836)

Abyssinian Genet

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Aeluroidea
Superfamily: Viverroidea
Family: Viverridae
Subfamily: Genettinae
Genus: Genetta

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rüppell, E. 1836. Lieferung 7. Pp. 17–36 in Rüppell, E. 1835-1840. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Säugethiere. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main, 40 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140015

Original name as described

Viverra abyssinica

Other common names

Ethiopian Genet

Type material

SMF:MAMM:213

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Gondar, Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Djibouti · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Somalia · Sudan

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006075

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 6 names and synonyms.

Viverra abyssinica

Rüppell, 1836

Family

Viverridae

Root name

abyssinica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:213

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Abyssinien

Type locality

Ethiopia: 12°36′N, 37°28′E.

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140015

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Civetta abyssinica:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Viverridae

Root name

abyssinica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Genetta Amer

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Viverridae

Root name

amer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:219a

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Abyssinia

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/00b4579c-62b9-42da-a685-316145e442b0

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729656

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra habessinica:

von Heuglin, 1877

Family

Viverridae

Root name

habessinica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876371

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Genetta abyssinica:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Viverridae

Root name

abyssinica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423132

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1939:199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Coetzee (1971:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Corbet & Hill (1980:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8994/45198149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Genetta tigrina amer

E. Schwarz, 1930

Family

Viverridae

Root name

amer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

278

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

Allen (1939:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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