Genetta servalina Pucheran, 1855 . Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, 7(2): 154.

TYPE LOCALITY: Gabon .

DISTRIBUTION: Equatorial Africa, E. of the mouth of the Niger River, possibly to Mt. Elgon (Kenya), south to the Congo River and 7° S.

COMMENT: Includes cristata, and aubryana, but not bini (sensu Rosevear, 1974:200-201), which may actually be a junior synonym of maculata; see Wenzel and Haltenorth, 1972, Saugetierk. Mitt., 20: 1 10-127; Coetzee, 1977, Part 8:21 -22; Schlawe, 1980, Faun. Abh. Staat. Mus. J. Tierk., Dresden, 7(15):147- 161; Cabral, 1970, Bol. Inst. Invest. Cient. Angola, 7(2):323.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412005001006001.