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A female common genet in the dining room, Satao Camp, Tsavo East🐾

Photo: Frédéric SALEIN · CC BY-SA 2.0

SpeciesCarnivoraViverridae
Carnivores

🐾Common genet

Genetta genetta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ženetka tečkovaná (Genetta genetta) je cibetkovitá šelma, která se svým dlouhým ocasem a skvrnitým kožichem podobá kočce, avšak na rozdíl od ní má špičatý čenich a jen částečně zatahovatelné drápy. Váží od 1,3 do 2,3 kg.

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≈ 1/33rd of your weight
Also called
Small-spotted Genet
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
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
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Everything we know about the Common genet

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
1.87 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 1.87 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.57 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Brain mass
15 g
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Maximum lifespan
34 years
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  • 23 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
11 years
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Age at maturity
3.5 years
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Gestation
76 days
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  • 78 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 2
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Home range
11 km²
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Population density
1.88 per km²
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Volume l
1.9 Laverage
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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.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyViverridae
  6. ›genusGenetta
  7. ›speciesGenetta genetta
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. suborderFeliformia
  4. subfamilyViverrinae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderFeliformia
  13. subfamilyViverrinae
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What it eats
warm-blooded animals70%
reptiles, fish and amphibians20%
insects and other invertebrates10%
In other languages
Genetta genetta (es), Kleinfleck-Ginsterkatze (de), genette commune (fr), żeneta europejska (pl), geneta comuna (ca), ženetka tečkovaná (cs) … and 20 more languages
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