Genetta piscivora Allen 1919 (aquatic genet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Alternative combination: Osbornictis piscivora

Full reference: J. A. Allen. 1919. Preliminary notes on African Carnivora. Journal of Mammalogy 1(1):23-31

Belongs to Genetta according to P. Gaubert et al. 2004

See also Allen 1919 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Genetta (Genetta), Genetta abyssinica, Genetta angolensis, Genetta bourloni, Genetta cristata, Genetta dongolana, Genetta felina, Genetta genetta, Genetta johnstoni, Genetta pardina, Genetta rubiginosa, Genetta schoutedeni, Genetta senegalensis, Genetta servalina, Genetta stuhlmanni, Genetta suahelica, Genetta tigrina, Genetta victoriae, Viverra maculata

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Genetta piscivora in the database

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