Bourlon's genet
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| Bourlon's genet | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Viverridae |
| Subfamily: | Viverrinae |
| Genus: | Genetta |
| Species: | G. bourloni |
| Binomial name | |
| Genetta bourloni[2] Gaubert, 2003 |
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| Bourlon's genet range | |
Bourlon's genet (Genetta bourloni) is a small carnivoran living in the Upper Guinean forests. It is known from only 29 specimens in zoological collections and has been described as a new Genetta species in 2003.[3] It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Gaubert, P. & Dunham, A. (2008). "Genetta bourloni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- ^ Wozencraft, W.C. (2005). "Genetta bourloni". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Gaubert, P. (2003). Description of a new species of genet (Carnivora; Viverridae; genus Genetta) and taxonomic revision of forest forms related to the Large-spotted Genet complex. Mammalia 67: 85–108.
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