The taxonomy of the genus Genetta has been hotly debated. Following recent clarifications on the phylogeny of and species boundaries within the genets, we propose a new classification, including discriminant morphological diagnoses, which provides for the first time a synthetic description of the re-assessed species diversity within the genus (17 species). Prospects concerning further investigations on the systematics of the genets are discussed.
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Gaubert, P., Taylor, P. J., & Veron, G. (2007). Integrative Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Systematics of the Genets (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genetta): A New Classification of the Most Speciose Carnivoran Genus in Africa. In African Biodiversity (pp. 371–383). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24320-8_37
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