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Letaba genet

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Short description: Species of carnivore

Letaba genet
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mammalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Carnivora
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Feliformia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Viverridae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Genetta
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">G. letabae
Binomial name
Genetta letabae
Thomas and Schwann, 1906
Synonyms
  • G. zuluensis Roberts, 1924

The Letaba genet (Genetta letabae) is a genet native to Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini. It is Lesotho and Eswatini's only endemic species of genet.

It was first described in 1906 on the basis of a zoological specimen collected in Knysna, South Africa.[1] It was formerly thought to be a subspecies of the rusty-spotted genet (G. maculata), but has been recognised as a distinct species in 2005.[2]

References

  1. Thomas, O.; Schwann, H. (1906). "The Rudd Exploration of South Africa.—IV. List of Mammals obtained by Mr. Grant at Knysna". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 76 (1–2): 159–168. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1906.tb08427.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/94474. 
  2. Gaubert, P.; Taylor, P. J.; Veron, G. (2005). "Integrative taxonomy and phylogenetic systematics of the genets (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genetta): a new classification of the most speciose carnivoran genus in Africa". African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium of Tropical Biology, Museum König, Bonn. Springer. pp. 371–383. http://media.withtank.com/3954452aa8/integrative_taxonomy_and_phylo-genetic_systematics_of_the_genets.pdf. 

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