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Genetta maculata  (Gray, 1830)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 621993

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s): panther genet [English]
  
    Rusty-spotted Genet [English]
  
  Valid Name: Genetta fieldiana Du Chaillu, 1860
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior homonym   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Genetta maculata    
       
  Other Source(s):    
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Opinion 2183 (Case 3204) Viverra maculata Gray, 1830 (currently Genetta maculata; Mammalia, Carnivora): specific name not conserved   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 64, no. 3   
  Page(s): 205-206   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-5167   
  Notes: Available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34356215   
  Reference for: Genetta maculata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Jennings, A. P., and G. Veron / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Viverridae (Civets, Genets and Oyans)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores   
  Page(s): 174-232   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-49   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Genetta maculata, Rusty-spotted Genet [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Genetta maculata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Genetta maculata, Rusty-spotted Genet [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Genetta maculata   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Viverra maculata Gray, 1830 is a primary junior homonym of marsupial Viverra maculata Kerr, 1792 (now accepted in Dasyurus) and so is permanently invalid. A proposal to conserve the name was submitted to the ICZN, but was rejected (see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2007). The next available and potentially valid name is Genetta fieldiana Du Chaillu, 1860. Given the nomenclatural and taxonomic issues in this species, ITIS is not attempting to account for its (4?) subspecies until they are addressed in the literature  
 

 

    

 
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