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Genetta pardina

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA CARNIVORA VIVERRIDAE

Scientific Name: Genetta pardina
Species Authority: I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832
Common Name/s:
English – West African Large-spotted Genet, Pardine Genet
Taxonomic Notes: This species has been considered synonymous with other Large-spotted Genets (G. maculata, G. tigrina), but is here recognized as distinct following Crawford-Cabral (1980-81), Gaubert (2003), and Gaubert et al. (2004a,b).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published: 2008
Assessor/s: Gaubert, P. & Dunham, A.
Reviewer/s: Duckworth, J.W. (Small Carnivore Red List Authority) and Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification:
Listed as Least Concern as the species is common within a relatively wide distribution range in West Africa, and occurs in a variety of habitats. However, given continued hunting pressure on genets in the region, the status of this species may require reassessment.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Ranges from Senegal to Ghana, although the eastern boundary is uncertain (Gaubert and Dunham in press). Crawford-Cabral (1980-81) suggested the Volta R. as a possible barrier to the species.
Countries:
Native:
Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Mali; Senegal; Sierra Leone
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Population [top]

Population: Believed to be common. Night-time field searches carried out from a vehicle in Niokolo-Koba N.P. in Senegal resulted in an estimated frequency of occurrence of 0.7/100 km (Sillero-Zubiri and Marino 1997).
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Present in a wide range of habitats; usually restricted to primary and secondary rainforests, gallery forests and moist woodlands, but also occurs in forest plantations, bush-lands and suburban areas (Gaubert and Dunham in press).
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no known major threats. However, they have been recorded from bushmeat markets.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Present in several protected areas across the range.
Citation: Gaubert, P. & Dunham, A. 2008. Genetta pardina. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012.
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