Genetta genetta

Genetta genetta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common name: common small-spotted genet
Synonyms: afra G. Cuvier, 1825; albipes Trouessart, 1904; balearica Thomas, 1902; barbar Wagner, 184; barbara C. E. H. Smith, 1842; bella Matschie, 1902; bonapartei Loche, 1857; communis Burnett, 1830; dongolana Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832; gallica Oken, 1816; grantii Thomas, 1902; guardafuensis Neumann, 1902; hararensis Neumann, 1902; hispanica Oken, 1816; isabelae Delibes, 1977; leptura Reichenbach, 1836; ludia Thomas and Schwann, 1906; lusitanica Seabra, 1924; melas Graells, 1897; neumanni Matschie, 1902; peninsulae Cabrera, 1905; pulchra Matschie, 1902; pyrenaica Bourdelle and Dezillière, 1951; rhodanica Matschie, 1902; senegalensis J. B. Fischer, 1829; tedescoi de Beaux, 1924; terraesanctae Neumann, 1902; vulgaris Lesson, 1827.
Distribution: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Republic of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Populations in France, Portugal and Spain resulting from introductions during historical times. Individuals episodically found in Belgium, Germany, Holland, Italy and Libya.
Habitat: all habitats except densely forested areas (in Africa).
Sympatric species: G. abyssinica, G. angolensis, G. felina, G. "letabae", G. maculata, G. pardina, G. "schoutedeni", G. thierryi.

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