Taxonomy Profile: Poiana leightoni (Pocock 1908)

Poiana leightoni: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Leighton's Linsang []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Poiana leightoni: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Carnivora
carnivores |
cachorro do mato |
carnívoro |
gato do mato |
lontra |
carnivores |
Suborder : Feliformia
cat-like carnivores |
Family : Viverridae
Subfamily : Viverrinae
Genus : Poiana
Species : Poiana leightoni
Leighton's Linsang |
Poiana leightoni Direct Children(s):
Poiana leightoni: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Poiana leightoni
Poiana leightoni: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Poiana leightoni: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Data Deficient as P. richardsonii liberiensis
Comment:
Comments: Pocock (1907b:1045) mentioned that there was one specimen in the British Museum labeled "Sierra Leone", but he believed that the "locality is probably erroneous." Coetzee (1977b) considered leightoni a lapsus and replaced it with liberiensis