🐾Common genet
The common genet is a small viverrid indigenous to Africa that was introduced to southwestern Europe. It is widely distributed north of the Sahara, in savanna zones south of the Sahara to southern Africa and along the coast of Arabia, Yemen and Oman. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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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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