First record of the servaline genet (Genetta Servaina) in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Abstract

Recently rediscovered in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania, with more distributional records from several central and southern Eastern Arc Mountains, the servaline genet Genetta servalina Pucheran, 1855 remains a rarely recorded species in East Africa. Using camera traps, we document several locations for G. servalina in and around the Amani Nature Reserve, East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. These records extend the range of G. servalina to the northern part of the Eastern Arc Mountains.

Keywords: Genetta servalina, Servaline genet, Eastern Arc Mountains, Viverridae, camera traps

Journal of East African Natural History 101(1): 17–27 (2012)