About Genetta servalina Pucheran, 1855
The servaline genet, scientifically named Genetta servalina Pucheran, 1855, has the following physical characteristics. Its fur is rufous, with black spots covering the neck, back, and sides; all of its feet are black. It has short hair, a dark broken stripe running along its spine, and a long tail marked with wide black and narrow white rings, with a bright-colored tail tip. Measurements taken from male museum specimens show head-and-body lengths between 490 and 510 mm (19 to 20 in), and tail lengths between 450 and 465 mm (17.7 to 18.3 in). For female specimens, head-and-body lengths range from 445 to 495 mm (17.5 to 19.5 in), and tail lengths range from 368 to 485 mm (14.5 to 19.1 in).
This species is distributed from the Sanaga River in Cameroon south to the Congo Basin, and east to Uganda and Tanzania. In 2007 surveys, camera traps recorded the species in the Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic of Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of Congo. In Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains, a Lowe's servaline genet was first recorded in 2000 and first photographed in 2002. Camera trap records were also obtained from the Uluguru and Nguru mountain ranges in 2005, at altitudes between 950 and 1,400 m (3,120–4,590 ft). It is considered possible that this genet also occurs in other areas of the Eastern Arc Mountains. The Zanzibar servaline genet, a subspecies, is endemic to Unguja Island, Zanzibar. It was first documented by science in 1995, when a specimen was killed near Jozani forest. The first camera trap records of multiple Zanzibar servaline genet individuals were obtained in January 2003 in Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park.
