Genetta cristata Hayman In Sanborn 1940

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 555

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Type Locality: "Okoiyong, Mamfe Division, Cameroons "; [ Nigeria, 5°45’N, 8°25’E]. GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Crested Servaline Genet.

Synonyms: Genetta bini Rosevear 1974 .

Distribution: Cameroon-Nigeria border region.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Considered conspecific with servalina by Hayman in the original description, and followed by Coetzee (1977 b) and Wozencraft (1993). However, see Rosevear (1974), Crawford-Cabral (1981 a), Powell and Van Rompaey (1998), and Van Rompaey and Colyn (1998) who considered it distinct. Synonyms allocated according to Gaubert et al. (2003 a, b).