Poiana Gray 1864 (African linsang)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Parent taxon: Genettinae according to C. J. Burgin et al. 2018

See also Gaubert et al. 2004, Mivart 1882 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxon: Genetta

Subtaxa: Poiana leightoni Poiana poensis Poiana richardsonii

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Poiana in the database

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