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  <dc:title>An interactive identification key for genets and oyans (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genettinae, Genetta spp. and Poiana spp.) using Xper(2)</dc:title>
  <dc:creator>/Gaubert, Philippe</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Chalubert, A.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Dubus, G.</dc:creator>
  <dc:description>We built an interactive identification key (IIK) to provide a user-friendly tool for the problematic identification of the Genettinae species (Genetta spp. and Poiana spp.) using Xper(2), a knowledge platform dedicated to taxonomic description and identification. A total of 45 qualitative characters were described after the observation of &gt; 4500 specimens, representing 19 species. Assessing among-species discrimination efficiency per character partition and character, we were able to establish a list of 13 characters from skull and coat likely to optimize species identification among Genettinae. Genetta maculata and G. "letabae", which belong to the large-spotted genet complex, was the only species pair that could not be distinguished. The IIK of Genettinae we propose herein (http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/apps/xper/data/genettes/web/) may be used to assist regular-basis update of distribution ranges, a needed effort for several poorly known species of high conservation concern.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>2008</dc:date>
  <dc:type>text</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier>https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00002186</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>PAR00002186</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>Gaubert Philippe, Chalubert A., Dubus G.. An interactive identification key for genets and oyans (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genettinae, Genetta spp. and Poiana spp.) using Xper(2). 2008, 1717,  39-50</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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