African Linsang - Poiana richardsonii
( Thomson, 1842 )

 

 



Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: Not Listed
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
The species occurs in the canopy of lowland and montane forests (Van Rompaey and Colyn 2013). A set of recent surveys conducted throughout Gabon did not yield any record in savanna areas (Bahaa-el-din et al. 2013).

Range:
Central African Oyan is recorded from southern Cameroon, southern Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo Republic, and DR Congo east to the Rift Valley. It is also present on Bioko Island (Eisentraut 1973, Harrington et al. 2002).

Conservation:
They presumably occur in several protected areas across their range.

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