Genetta maculata

Genetta maculata (Gray, 1830)

Common name: rusty-spotted genet.
Synonyms: aequatorialis Heuglin, 1866; albiventris Roberts, 1932; deorum Funaioli and Simonetta, 1960; erlangeri Matschie, 1902; fieldiana Du Chaillu, 1860; gleimi Matschie, 1902; insularis Cabrera, 1921; matschiei Neumann, 1902; pumila Hollister, 1916; schraderi Matschie, 1902; soror Schwarz, 1929; stuhlmanni Matschie, 1902; zambesiana Matschie, 1902.
Distribution: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Basilio, 1962), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia.
Habitat: rain forest, woodland savannah, savannah-forest mosaic, montane forest.
Sympatric species: G. abyssinica, G. angolensis, G. cristata, G. genetta, G. poensis, G. "schoutedeni", G. servalina, G. thierryi, G. victoriae, P. richardsonii .

* Similar with G. letabae, but (1) narrower inter-orbital constriction relative to frontal width, and (2) larger zygomatic arch (characterized through morphometric geometric analysis; Gaubert et al., 2005).

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