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Galictis vittata

Description

Galictis vittata (Schreber 1776)

[Viverra] vittata Schreber 1776, Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3, 18: pl. 124 [1776], see also text, 3 (26): 418, 447 [1777].

Type Locality: " Surinam ".

Vernacular Names: Greater Grison.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Galictis vittata subsp. vittata Schreber 1776

Subspecies Galictis vittata subsp. andina Thomas 1903

Subspecies Galictis vittata subsp. brasiliensis Thunberg 1820

Subspecies Galictis vittata subsp. canaster Nelson 1901

Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico (San Luis Potosi and Veracruz), Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Costa Rica).

Discussion: Krumbiegel (1942) included allamandi. Reviewed by Yensen and Tarifa (2003 a).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 606, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Mustelidae
Genus
Galictis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Schreber
Species
vittata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Galictis vittata (Schreber, 1776) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Thomas, O. 1903. Notes on Neotropical mammals of the genera Felis, Hapale, Oryzomys, Akodon, and Ctenomys, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 12: 234 - 243.
  • Krumbiegel, I. 1942. Die Saugetiere der Sudamerika- - Expeditionen Prof. Dr. Kriegs. 17. Hyrare und Grisons (Tayra und Grison). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 139 (5 / 6): 81 - 108.
  • Yensen, E., and T. Tarifa. 2003 a. Galictis vittata. Mammalian Species, 727: 1 - 8.