Animals / Mammal

Common genet

Genetta genetta · Viverridae

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.

Where the Common genet lives

Introduced, not native, in France, Spain and Portugal.

Most records fall in Barcelona, Huelva, Zaragoza, Tarn-et-Garonne, Haute-Garonne and Valencia.

See the Common genet’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 49,353 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.