Genettinae

Subfamily of carnivorans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Genettinae is a subfamily of the feliform viverrids. It contains all of the genet species (genus Genetta) and the oyan species (genus Poiana).

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Viverridae
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Genettinae
Cape genet
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Viverridae
Subfamily: Genettinae
Gray, 1864
Genera

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Classification

Living species

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GenusSpeciesIUCN Red List status and distribution
Genetta Cuvier, 1816[1] Common genet (G. genetta) (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
LC[3]
Cape genet (G. tigrina) (Schreber, 1778)[4]
LC[5]
South African small-spotted genet (G. felina) (Thunberg, 1811)[6]
Rusty-spotted genet (G. maculata) (Gray, 1828)[7]
LC[8]
Pardine genet (G. pardina) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832[9]
LC[10]
Abyssinian genet (G. abyssinica) (Rüppell, 1835)[11]
DD[12]
King genet (G. poensis) Waterhouse, 1838[13]
DD[14]
Servaline genet (G. servalina) Pucheran, 1855
LC[15]
Angolan genet (G. angolensis) Bocage, 1882
LC[16]
Giant forest genet (G. victoriae) Thomas, 1901[17]
LC[18]
Hausa genet (G. thierryi) Matschie, 1902[19]
LC[20]
Letaba genet (G. letabae) Thomas and Schwann, 1906[21]
Johnston's genet (G. johnstoni) (Pocock, 1908)NT[22]
Aquatic genet (G. piscivora) (Allen, 1919)[23]
NT[24]
Crested servaline genet (G. cristata) Hayman, 1940
VU[25]
Schouteden's genet (G. schoutedeni) Crawford-Cabral, 1970
Bourlon's genet (G. bourloni) Gaubert, 2003[26] VU[27]
Poiana Gray, 1864[28] Central African oyan (P. richardsonii) (Thomson, 1842)[29]
LC[30]
West African oyan (P. leightoni) (Pocock, 1907)[31] VU[32]
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Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of Genettinae are shown in the following cladogram:[33][34]

Genettinae
Poiana

West African oyan P. leightoni

Central African oyan P. richardsonii

Genetta

Abyssinian genet G. abyssinica

Haussa genet G. thierryi

Giant forest genet G. victoriae

Johnston's genet G. johnstoni

Aquatic genet G. piscivora

Servaline genet G. servalina

Crested servaline genet G. cristata

South African small-spotted genet G. felina

Common genet G. genetta

Cape genet G. tigrina

Letaba genet G. letabae

Schouteden's genet G. schoutedeni

Rusty-spotted genet G. maculata

Angolan genet G. angolensis

Pardine genet G. pardina

Bourlon's genet G. bourloni

King genet G. poensis

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