🐾Common genet
الزُّرَيْقَاء الشائعة أو الرَّبَاح الشائع (الاسم العلمي: Genetta genetta)، نوع من الثدييات يتبع فصيلة الزباديات. موطنه ضفاف نهر النيل الأزرق وشمال أفريقيا ومناطق السافانا والواقعة جنوب الصحراء الكبرى ويمتد إلى إفريقيا الجنوبية، وعلى طول الساحل الشمالي شبه الجزيرة العربية (سلطنة عمان واليمن والسعودية)، أُدخِل إلى جنوب غرب أوروبا وجزر البليار. طوله من 43 إلى 55 سم. ثوبه إلى الصهبة الرمادية. تنميره بيضي الشكل.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 1.87 kg
- Body length
- 0.57 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 34 years
Everything we know about the Common genet
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.87 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.87 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.57 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass15 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan34 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 23 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length11 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity3.5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation76 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 78 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range11 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1.88 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.9 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Common genet yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyViverridae
- ›genusGenetta
- ›speciesGenetta genetta
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- subfamilyViverrinae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- subfamilyViverrinae
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