A southern African genet with dark spots on a pale coat and rings on its tail. It is active at night and climbs well.
Its pale coat has dark spots, a dorsal stripe, and rings on the tail.
It is usually solitary and nocturnal, and it climbs and jumps. Its diet changes with the seasons: insects are prominent in summer, while it takes more small rodents in winter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.