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 bettoni 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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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