Genetta victoriae

O. Thomas, 1901

Giant 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

Thomas, O. 1901-10. On the more notable mammals obtained by Sir Harry Johnston in the Uganda Protectorate. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901-II(1):85-90.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888516

Original name as described

Genetta victoriae

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.29

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d4650bf9-59cb-49e5-9950-91907f4e69ec

Type locality

type locality debated: Uganda or Zaire.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Uganda?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006089

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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: 1 name and synonym.

Genetta victoriae

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Viverridae

Root name

victoriae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.29

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Entebbe, Uganda

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d4650bf9-59cb-49e5-9950-91907f4e69ec

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888516

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Dollman (1914:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
Allen (1939:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782005) (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 (1982:268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41703/45219531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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