Genette de Bourlon

Habitat loss is likely to be a major threat, particularly if this species is restricted to rainforest as suspected, although Liberia still retains significant tracts of forest. Forest loss in Liberia over the period 1984–2000 has been estimated at only 0.2% per annum, but was as much as 20% over the course of this 14-year period in neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire (Christie et al. 2007). Hunting could represent a potential threat, because skins have been sighted in the bushmeat market of western Africa (Gaubert 2013).

In Guinea, the species has been recorded from the Classified Forests of Ziama and Diécké. Survey work in Taï National Park, adjacent to its current known range, has thus far failed to confirm the presence of this species (Gaubert 2013). Bourlon's Genet is in need of further survey work for a better assessment of its status in the wild, and also to determine levels of offtake from the wild.