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Issue: Vol. 160 No. 1: 12 Mar. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.160.1.1
Page range: 1–14
Abstract views: 63
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Nomenclatural comments on the Rusty-spotted Genet (Carnivora, Viverridae) and designation of a neotype

Département Systématique et Evolution, Unité Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité – USM 301, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Zoologie: Mammifères & Oiseaux, 55 rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris, France
Département Systématique et Evolution, Unité Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité – USM 301, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Zoologie: Mammifères & Oiseaux, 55 rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris, France
Département Systématique et Evolution, Unité Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité – USM 301, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Zoologie: Mammifères & Oiseaux, 55 rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris, France
Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberg-Anlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Durban Natural Science Museum, PO Box 4085, Durban 4000, Republic of South Africa
African-Arabian Wildlife Research Centre, PO Box 6, Loxton 6985, Republic of South Africa
African-Arabian Wildlife Research Centre, PO Box 6, Loxton 6985, Republic of South Africa
Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545, USA
Hemichordata Nomenclature taxonomy Carnivora VIVERRIDAE Viverra Rusty-spotted Genet Genetta maculata neotype Genetta rubiginosa Genetta thierryi Ethiopia

Abstract

The first purpose of this paper is to designate a neotype for Genetta maculata (Gray, 1830), a genet belonging to the “tigrina-pardina” complex (family VIVERRIDAE) and lacking a type locality. The main aim is to stabilize the classification for this complex and provide a definitive base for naturalists and field workers. The name G. maculata (Gray, 1830) is currently less in use than G. rubiginosa Pucheran, 1855, but the type specimen of the latter is an individual of another species, G. thierryi Matschie, 1902. The second purpose is therefore to conserve the name G. thierryi Matschie, 1902 following prevailing usage.

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