Genettinae

• Genetta
• Poiana
• Semigenetta
• Common Genet Genetta genetta

  

  The common genet is a small African mammal with dark spots and a banded tail; it is active at night.

• Cape genet Genetta tigrina

  

  A southern African genet with dark spots on a pale coat and rings on its tail. It is active at night and climbs well.

• Panther Genet Genetta fieldiana

  

  The panther genet is a slender genet with a long ringed tail. The strength of its spots varies with habitat.

• African Linsang Poiana richardsonii

  The African linsang is a small carnivore with a slender, spotted body and a long ringed tail. It is active at night in trees and eats insects, fruit and other foods.

• Feline Genet Genetta felina

  This genet occurs in southern Africa. It has a pale grey coat with a continuous black line down the middle of its back, and uses grassland, open woodland and thickets.

• Servaline Genet Genetta servalina

  The servaline genet occurs in forests across Central and East Africa, from lowlands to mountains. In Tanzania, records also come from separate mountain ranges.

• Hausa Genet Genetta thierryi

  The Hausa genet is a small viverrid found in West African savannas and moist woodlands. A reddish line along its back and alternating light and dark rings on its tail help identify its coat pattern.

• Angolan Genet Genetta angolensis

  The Angolan genet inhabits open miombo woodland interspersed with savanna. A 2007–2012 dry-season survey in western Tanzania recorded it at night with camera traps and night transects.

• Pardine Genet Genetta pardina

  The Pardine Genet is a nocturnal genet of western African moist forests and riparian woodland. It is recorded as an omnivore that eats small mammals, insects, and fruit.