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Genettinae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Genettinae was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.

It was assigned to Viverridae by Gray (1864).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Genettinae Gray

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
subfamilyGenettinaeGray 1864
subfamilyGenettinaeGray 1864

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Genettinae Gray 1864
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G. Genetta Cuvier 1816
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Genetta abyssinica Rüppell 1836 [Abyssinian genet]
Genetta angolensis Bocage 1882 [Angolan genet]
Genetta bourloni Gaubert 2003 [Bourlons genet]
Genetta cristata Hayman 1940 [Crested servaline genet]
Genetta dongolana Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
Genetta felina Thunberg 1811
Genetta genetta Linnaeus 1758 [common genet]
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Invalid names: Genetta vulgaris Lesson 1827 [synonym]
Genetta johnstoni Pocock 1907 [Johnstons genet]
Genetta pardina Geoffroy 1832 [Pardine genet]
Genetta piscivora Allen 1919 [aquatic genet]
Genetta rubiginosa Pucheran 1855 [haussa genet]
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Invalid names: Genetta thierryi Matschie 1902 [synonym]
Genetta schoutedeni Crawford-Cabral 1970 [Schouteden's genet]
Genetta senegalensis Fischer 1829
Genetta servalina Pucheran 1855 [servaline genet]
Genetta stuhlmanni Matschie 1902
Genetta suahelica Matschie 1902
Genetta tigrina Schreber 1776 [Cape genet]
Genetta victoriae Thomas 1901 [Giant forest genet]
Invalid names: Genetta (Genetta) Cuvier 1816 [invalid subgroup], Osbornictis Allen 1919 [synonym], Paragenetta Kuhn 1960 [synonym], Pseudogenetta Dekeyser 1949 [synonym], Viverra maculata Gray 1830 [invalid subgroup]
G. Poiana Gray 1864 [African linsang]
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Poiana leightoni Pocock 1907 [Leightons linsang]
Poiana poensis Waterhouse 1838 [King genet]
Poiana richardsonii Thomson 1842 [African linsang]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:42:08
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Astaracian15.97 - 11.608Morocco (Tadla-Azilal) Genetta sp. (48630)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) Genetta sp. (21340)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Genetta sp. (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Genetta sp. (22139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Kenya Genetta sp. (230935)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Genetta sp. (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Genetta sp. (59167)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Senegal Genetta sp. (221108)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Genetta sp. (70907)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Genetta sp. (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Genetta sp. (32052)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Genetta sp. (95150)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Kenya Genetta genetta (21456)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Genetta sp. (22492 22494)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Genetta sp. (21843)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Genetta sp. (21695 21956 115191) Genetta tigrina (21828 21929)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Genetta sp. (21948 21952)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Genetta genetta (21924) Genetta sp. (21854)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Cyprus Genetta plesictoides (215278)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117South Africa Genetta sp. (115167)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Genetta sp. (21902 21903 21958 208787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Genetta genetta, Genetta tigrina (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Genetta genetta, Genetta tigrina (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Genetta genetta (21917 21930) Genetta sp. (21918)