Galerella sanguinea
Creators: name: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Herpestidae
Galerella
Galerella sanguinea

description: <i>Galerella sanguinea</i> (Rüppell, 1836). Neue Wirbelt. Fauna Abyssin. Gehörig. Säugeth., 1:27. TYPE LOCALITY: "Kordofan" [Sudan]. DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde Isis, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritana, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. SYNONYMS: <i>auratus</i> Thomas and Wroughton, 1908; <i>badius</i> Smith, 1838; <i>bocagei</i> Thomas and Wroughton, 1905; <i>bradfieldi</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>bruneoochracea</i> Matschie, 1914; <i>caldatus</i> Thomas, 1927; <i>canus</i> Wroughton, 1907; <i>caurinus</i> Thomas, 1926; <i>cauui</i> Smith, 1836; <i>condradsi</i> Matschie, 1914; <i>dasilvai</i> Roberts, 1938; <i>dentifer</i> Heller, 1913; <i>elegans</i> Matschie, 1914; <i>emini</i> Matschie, 1914; <i>ererensis</i> Matschie, 1914; <i>erlangeri</i> Matschie, 1914; <i>erongensis</i> Roberts, 1946; <i>flaviventris</i> Matschie, <i>1914; fulvidior</i> Thomas, 1904; <i>fuscus</i> Rüppell, 1835; <i>galbus</i> Wroughton, 1909; <i>galinieri</i> Guérin and Ferret, 1847; <i>gracilis</i> Rüppell, 1835; <i>granti</i> Gray, 1864; <i>ignitoides</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>ignitus</i> Roberts, 1913; <i>iodoprymnus</i> Heuglin, 1861; <i>kalaharicus</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>kaokoensis</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>khanensis</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>lancasteri</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>lefebvrei</i> Desmurs and Prévost, 1850; <i>lundensis</i> Monard, 1935; <i>marae</i> Matschie, 1914; <i>melanura</i> Martin, 1836; <i>mossambica</i> Matschie, 1914; <i>mustela</i> Schwarz, 1935; <i>mutgigella</i> Rüppell, 1835; <i>mutscheltschela</i> Heuglin, 1877; <i>neumanni</i> Matschie, 1894; <i>ngamiensis</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>nigricaudatus</i> I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1839; <i>ochraceus</i> Gray, 1849; <i>ochromelas</i> Pucheran, 1855; <i>okavangensis</i> Roberts, 1932; <i>orestes</i> Heller, 1911; <i>ornatus</i> Peters, 1852; <i>parvipes</i> Hollister, 1916; <i>perfulvidus</i> Thomas, 1904; <i>phoenicurus</i> Thomas, 1912; <i>proteus</i> Thomas, 1907; <i>punctulatus</i> Gray, 1849; <i>ratlamuchi</i> Smith, 1836; <i>rendilis</i> Lönnberg, 1912; <i>ruasae</i> Matschie, 1914; <i>ruficauda</i> Heuglin, 1877; <i>saharae</i> Thomas, 1925; <i>schimperi</i> Matschie, 1914; <i>swinnyi</i> Roberts, 1913; <i>talboti</i> Thomas and Wroughton, 1907; <i>turstigi</i> Matschie, 1914; <i>ugandae</i> Wroughton, 1909; <i>upingtoni</i> Shortridge, 1934; <i>venatica</i> Gray, 1865; <i>zombae</i> Wroughton, 1907. COMMENTS: This engimatic group, reviewed by Taylor (1975), is represented by several allopatric populations (A situation similar to the <i>Genetta genetta</i> complex where they are recognized as conspecific). Watson and Dippenaar (1987), in their revision, argued for the separation of <i>nigratus</i> Thomas, 1928 (= <i>flavescens),</i> and <i>swalius</i> Thomas, 1926, and considered <i>swinnyi</i> Roberts, 1913, as <i>incertae sedis</i> (included here), although their study did not include representative samples from NE and W Africa. It is believed that <i>swinnyi</i> has been extirpated from the type locality (Watson, in litt.). Taylor (1989) suggested that the allopatric <i>ochraceus</i> from Somalia warrants full specific status. Certainly, these studies suggests that a thorough revision, inclusive of all of the African forms of <i>sanguinea</i> is badly needed.
description: Published as part of <i>W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on page 303, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191
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