Genet Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Viverridae |
Subfamily: | Genettinae |
Genus: | Genetta Cuvier, 1816 |
Type species | |
Viverra genetta | |
Species | |
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A genet (pronounced /ˈdʒɛnɪt/ or /dʒəˈnɛt/) is a member of the genus Genetta, which consists of 17 species of small African carnivorans.[1][2] The common genet is the only genet present in Europe and occurs in the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and France.[3]
Genet fossils from the Late Miocene and later have been found at sites in Ethiopia, Kenya and Morocco.[4][5]
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