Genetta Cuvier 1816 (civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Synonyms: Osbornictis Allen 1919, Paragenetta Kuhn 1960, Pseudogenetta Dekeyser 1949

Parent taxon: Genettinae according to C. J. Burgin et al. 2018

See also Allen 1919, Carroll 1988, Gaubert et al. 2004, Geraads 1997, Ginsburg 1977, Gray 1825, Hendey 1974, Kurten 1968, Mivart 1882, Silcox et al. 2010, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxon: Poiana

Subtaxa: Genetta (Genetta) Genetta abyssinica Genetta angolensis Genetta bourloni Genetta cristata Genetta dongolana Genetta felina Genetta genetta Genetta johnstoni Genetta pardina Genetta piscivora Genetta rubiginosa Genetta schoutedeni Genetta senegalensis Genetta servalina Genetta stuhlmanni Genetta suahelica Genetta tigrina Genetta victoriae Viverra maculata

View classification

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cyprus (1 collection), Ethiopia (2), Kenya (2), South Africa (13), Sudan (4), Tanzania (1), Zambia (2)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Morocco (1), Senegal (1), South Africa (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1), South Africa (1)

• Miocene of Kenya (3), Morocco (1)

Total: 36 collections including 38 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.