Genetta thierryi Matschie, 1902 . Verh. V. Internat. Zool. Congr., 1901: 1142.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Hinterland von Togo von 9° n. Br. ab", restricted to "Borogu = Borgou, (10.78 N., 0.65 E)?" by Schlawe (1981: 159) .

DISTRIBUTION: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Togo.

SYNONYMS: villersi Dekeyser, 1949.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Pseudogenetta . Includes Pseudogenetta villiersi, see Kuhn (1960), Crawford-Cabral (1969, 1981), Rosevear (1974), and Schlawe (1981).