Genet (animal)

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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^ Ginsburg, L. (1977). "Les carnivores du Miocène de Beni Mellal (Maroc)". Géologie Méditerranéenne (in French). 4 (3): 225–239. doi:10.3406/geolm.1977.1005.
^ Werdelin, L.; Peigné, S. (2010). "Carnivora". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W. J. (eds.). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 603–657. ISBN 9780520257214.