Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Genetta genetta subsp. genetta Linnaeus 1758 Genetta genetta subsp. genetta Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 45 . Type Locality: "oriente juxta rivos", restricted by Linnaeus (1766) to "oriente juxta rivos, Hispania", later listed by Thomas (1911 a ) as " Spain ". Cabrera (1914) , synonymizing G. peninsulae , further restricted the type locality to "El Pardo, cerca de Madrid " [ Spain , El Pardo, near Madrid ( 40°32'N , 3°46'W )] . Synonyms: Genetta genetta subsp. balearica Thomas 1902 ; Genetta genetta subsp. barbar (Wagner 1841) ; Genetta genetta subsp. communis Burnett 1830 ; Genetta genetta subsp. gallica (Oken 1816) ; Genetta genetta subsp. hispanica (Oken 1816) ; Genetta genetta subsp. isabelae Delibes 1977 ; Genetta genetta subsp. lusitanica Seabra 1924 ; Genetta genetta subsp. melas Graells 1897 ; Genetta genetta subsp. peninsulae Cabrera 1905 ; Genetta genetta subsp. pyrenaica E. Bourdelle and De Zillière 1951 ; Genetta genetta subsp. rhodanica Matschie 1902 ; Genetta genetta subsp. terraesanctae Neumann 1902 ; Genetta genetta subsp. vulgaris (Lesson 1827) .