Genette aquatique

Genetta piscivora(J. A. Allen, 1919)

Animal

NTLR Monde (IUCN)

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Description

Riverine species of African viverrid

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Liste rouge IUCN

NT · Quasi menacée↘Décroissante

Évaluation complète

Évaluation: 2015 · v3.1
Altitude: 460 – 1500 m
Profondeur: – m

État de la populationTexte officiel évaluation IUCNExpert

This is considered among the rarest of African carnivores, and it is known only from around 30 museum specimens. In 53 hunts in the Ituri Forest only two individuals (or 1.8% of all carnivores) were captured (Hart and Timm 1978). No dead or live specimens have been recorded or reported since the late 1970s.

Menaces identifiées(1 menace classée CMP-IUCN)

5_1_1
Intentional use (species is the target)
UnknownUnknownOngoing

Description complète des menacesTexte détaillé évaluation IUCNExpert

Major threats to this species are unclear, but it is hunted as bushmeat by the Bambuti pygmies; the meat is taboo to all, except male elders (Van Rompaey and Colyn 2013). It is not clear whether there are any pressing threats to its particular habitat.

Habitats préférentiels (classification IUCN)

1_6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
5_1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)
5_2Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks

Mesures de conservation recommandéesStratégies de conservation IUCNExpert

This species is given complete protection by the Congolese government (Ordinance No. 79-244 of 16 Oct 1979). It is present in the Okapi Faunal Reserve and it is certainly a priority for further survey work to better understand its distribution, population status and more importantly, threats.

Actions de conservation (1)Conservation Actions Classification Scheme — IUCNExpert

2_1Site/area management

Stress écologiques (1)Stresses Classification — IUCNExpert

2_1Species mortality

Usage & commerce (1)Use & Trade — IUCNExpert

1Food - human
nationalsubsistance

Priorités de recherche (4)Research Needed Classification — IUCNExpert

1_2Population size, distribution & trends
1_3Life history & ecology
1_4Harvest, use & livelihoods
1_5Threats

Niche IUCN globaleRealms · Systems · LMEs · Growth forms · FAOs — biogéographie IUCNExpert

Royaumes biogéographiques

Afrotropical

Systèmes (terrestre/eau douce/marin)

TerrestrialFreshwater (=Inland waters)

Références bibliographiques (10)Sources scientifiques de l'évaluation IUCNExpert

IUCN. 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. Available at: <a href="www.iucnredlist.org">www.iucnredlist.org</a>. (Accessed: 19 November 2015).
Van Rompaey, H. and Colyn, M. 2013. Genetta piscivora Aquatic Genet. In: J. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), The Mammals of Africa. V. Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses, pp. 239-240. Bloomsbury, London, UK.
Gaubert, P. 2013. Genus Genetta Genets. In: J. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), The Mammals of Africa. V. Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses, pp. 214-216. Bloomsbury, London, UK.
Wozencraft, W.C. 2005. Order Carnivora. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition, pp. 532-628. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Gaubert, P., Tranier, M., Veron, G., Delmas, A. S. and Colyn, M. 2004. First molecular evidence for reassessing phylogenetic affinities between genets (Genetta) and the enigmatic genet-like taxa Osbornictis, Poiana and Prionodon (Carnivora, Viverridae). Zoologica Scripta 33: 117-129.
Gaubert, P., Fernandes, C.A., Bruford, M.W. and Veron, G. 2004. Genets (Carnivora, Viverridae) in Africa: an evolutionary synthesis based on cytochrome b sequences and morphological characters. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 589-610.
Van Rompaey, H. 1988. Osbornictis piscivora. Mammalian Species 309: 1-4.
Stains, H.J. 1983. Calcanea of members of the Viverridae. Bulletin of the South California Academy of Science 82: 17-38.
Hart, J.A. and Timm, R.M. 1978. Observations on the Aquatic Genet in Zaire. Carnivore 1: 130-132.
Verheyen, W. 1962. Quelques notes sur la zoogéographie et la crâniologie d'Osbornictis piscivora Allen, 1919. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 65: 121-128.

Évaluateurs & contributeurs (3)Personnes ayant contribué à l'évaluation IUCNExpert

assessor

Gaubert, P. & Do Linh San, E.

contributor

Hoffmann, M.

evaluator

Duckworth, J.W. & Hoffmann, M.

Gaubert, P. & Do Linh San, E. 2015. Genetta piscivora. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T15628A45201673. Accessed on 05 May 2026.

Traits biologiques

20 valeurs · 4 sources

Morphologie(4)

Masse adulte: 1,65 kg; PanTHERIA
Longueur: -999 mm; PanTHERIA
Masse naissance: -999000 mg; PanTHERIA
Masse au sevrage: -999000 mg; PanTHERIA

Cycle de vie(1)

Longévité max: -999 mois; PanTHERIA

Voir 15 traits de plus (2 catégories)

Reproduction(6)

Gestation: -999 j; PanTHERIA
Intervalle naissances: -999 j; PanTHERIA
Taille de portée: 1; PanTHERIA
Portées par an: -999; PanTHERIA
Maturité sexuelle: -999 j; PanTHERIA
Sevrage: -999 j; PanTHERIA

Écologie & habitat(9)

Fruits (%): 0 %; elton_mammals
Invertébrés (%): 0 %; elton_mammals
Nectar (%): 0 %; elton_mammals
Autre végétal (%): 0 %; elton_mammals
Charognard (%): 0 %; elton_mammals
Graines (%): 0 %; elton_mammals
Vert. ectothermes (%): 10 %; elton_mammals
Vert. endothermes (%): 0 %; elton_mammals
Poissons (%): 90 %; elton_mammals

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