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NRLD - 327568 | Genetta genetta

Assessment ID
327568
Taxon name
Genetta genetta
Thunberg, 1811
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Genetta genetta
Thunberg, 1811
Common name(s)
Common Genet
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
viverridae
Genus
Genetta
Species
genetta
Species authority
Thunberg, 1811
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Arabian Peninsula
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates (the)
Yemen
Country ISO code(s)
KWT
OMN
QAT
SAU
ARE
YEM
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Least Concern
Abbreviated status
LC
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2011
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
David Mallon and Kevin Budd
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-53-001.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula
Mallon, D. and Budd, K. (eds). (2011). Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority vi+49pp.