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| rowspan="17" |Genetta {{small|Cuvier, 1816}}[{{cite book |last1=Cuvier |first1=F. |year=1816 |title=Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée |volume=I |editor=Cuvier, G. |location=Paris |publisher=Deterville |url=https://archive.org/details/lergneanimaldi181701cuvi/page/156/mode/2up}}]
| Common genet (G. genetta) {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}[{{cite book |author=Linnaeus, C. |year=1758 |title=Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis 1 |chapter=Viverra genetta |page=45 |chapter-url=http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN362053006&DMDID=DMDLOG_0013&LOGID=LOG_0013&PHYSID=PHYS_0049 |edition=Tenth |publisher=Laurentius Salvius |location=Stockholm}}]
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|{{IUCN status|LC}}[{{cite iucn |title=Genetta genetta |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Carvalho, F. |author3=Camps, D. |author4=Do Linh San, E. |date=2015 |page=e.T41698A45218636 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41698A45218636.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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Cape genet (G. tigrina) {{small|(Schreber, 1778)}}[{{cite book |author=Schreber, J. C. D. |date=1778 |chapter-url=http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN574903313&DMDID=DMDLOG_0006&LOGID=LOG_0010&PHYSID=PHYS_0152 |chapter=Die Bisamkaze Viverra tigrina |pages=425–426 |title=Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen |volume=Dritter Theil |publisher=Walther |location=Erlangen}}]
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|{{IUCN status|LC}}[{{cite iucn |title=Genetta tigrina |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Do Linh San, E. |date=2015 |page=e.T41702A45219459 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41702A45219459.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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South African small-spotted genet (G. felina) {{small|(Thunberg, 1811)}}[{{cite journal |author=Thunberg, C. P. |year=1811 |title=Beskrifning och teckning pa Viverra felina |journal=Kungliga Swenska Wetenskaps Academiens Handlingar |pages=165–168 |url=http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN607539224_0032&IDDOC=519955 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}] |
Rusty-spotted genet (G. maculata) {{small|(Gray, 1828)}}[{{cite book |author=Gray, J. E. |year=1828 |title=Spicilegia zoologica : original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals |location=London |publisher=Treuttel, Wurtz & Co. |page=9 |chapter=Viverra maculata |chapter-url=https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10231416?page=13}}]
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|{{IUCN status|LC}}[{{cite iucn |title=Genetta maculata |author=Angelici, F.M. |author2=Gaubert, P. |author3=Do Linh San, E. |date=2016 |page=e.T41699A45218948 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41699A45218948.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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Pardine genet (G. pardina) {{small|Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832}}[{{cite book |author=Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. |year=1832 |title=Études Zoologiques : Ouvrage comprenant l'histoire et la description d'un grand nombre d'animaux récemment découverts et des observations nouvelles sur plusieurs genres déjà connus |location=Paris |publisher=Lequien Fils |page=73 |chapter=Descriptions d'une nouvelle espèce du genre Genette. Genetta. Cuv. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=roc-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA73}}]
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|{{IUCN status|LC}}[{{cite iucn |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Do Linh San, E. |date=2016 |title=Genetta pardina |volume=2016 |page=e.T136437A45221360 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136437A45221360.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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Abyssinian genet (G. abyssinica) {{small|(Rüppell, 1835)}}[{{cite book |author=Rüppell, E. |year=1835 |title=Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig |location=Frankfurt |publisher=Siegmund Schmerber |chapter=Viverra abyssinica. Rüppell |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/neuewirbelthiere00rupp#page/n43/mode/2up}}]
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|{{IUCN status|DD}}[{{cite iucn |title=Genetta abyssinica |name-list-style=amp |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Duckworth, J.W. |author3=Do Linh San, E. |date=2016 |page=e.T8994A45198149 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T8994A45198149.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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King genet (G. poensis) {{small|Waterhouse, 1838}}[{{cite journal |author=Waterhouse, G. R. |year=1838 |title=On some New Species of Mammalia from Fernando Po |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |pages=57–61 |url=https://archive.org/stream/lietuvostsrmoksl33liet#page/58/mode/2up}}]
|{{IUCN status|DD}}[{{cite iucn |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Do Linh San, E. |date=2015 |title=Genetta poensis |volume=2015 |page=e.T136435A45221269 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T136435A45221269.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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Servaline genet (G. servalina) {{small|Pucheran, 1855}}
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|{{IUCN status|LC}}[{{cite iucn |title=Genetta servalina |name-list-style=amp |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=De Luca, D.W. |author3=Rovero, F. |author4=Do Linh San, E. |date=2016 |page=e.T41700A97163789 |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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Angolan genet (G. angolensis) {{small|Bocage, 1882}}
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|{{IUCN status|LC}}[{{cite iucn |title=Genetta angolensis |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Fischer, C. |author3=Hausser, Y. |author4=Do Linh San, E. |date=2016 |page=e.T41696A45218468 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41696A45218468.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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Giant forest genet (G. victoriae) {{small|Thomas, 1901}}[{{cite journal |author1=Thomas, O. |year=1901 |title=On the more notable Mammals obtained by Sir Harry Johnston in the Uganda Protectorate |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=II |pages=85–90 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08165.x |url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo19012zo/page/n121/mode/2up}}]
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|{{IUCN status|LC}}[{{cite iucn |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Dinets, V. |author3=Do Linh San, E. |date=2016 |title=Genetta victoriae |volume=2016 |page=e.T41703A45219531 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41703A45219531.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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Hausa genet (G. thierryi) {{small|Matschie, 1902}}[{{cite book |author=Matschie, P. |year=1902 |title=Verhandlungen des V. Internationalen Zoologen-Congresses zu Berlin, 12.–16. August 1901 |location=Jena |publisher=Gustav Fischer |pages=1128–1145 |chapter=Über die individuellen und geographischen Abänderungen der Ginsterkatzen |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/verhandlungende00inte/verhandlungende00inte#page/1142/mode/2up}}]
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|{{IUCN status|LC}}[{{cite iucn |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Do Linh San, E. |date=2015 |title=Genetta thierryi |volume=2015 |page=e.T41701A45219325 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41701A45219325.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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Letaba genet (G. letabae) {{small|Thomas and Schwann, 1906}}[{{cite journal |author1=Thomas, O. |author2=Schwann, H. |name-list-style=amp |year=1906 |title=The Rudd Exploration of South Africa.—IV. List of Mammals obtained by Mr. Grant at Knysna |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=76 |issue=1–2 |pages=159–168 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1906.tb08427.x|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/94474 }}] |
| Johnston's genet (G. johnstoni) {{small|(Pocock, 1908)}} | {{IUCN status|NT}}[{{cite iucn |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Do Linh San, E. |date=2016 |title=Genetta johnstoni |volume=2016 |page=e.T8997A45198265 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T8997A45198265.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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Aquatic genet (G. piscivora) {{small|(Allen, 1919)}}[{{cite journal |author=Allen, J. A. |year=1919 |title=Preliminary notes on African carnivora |journal=Journal of Mammalogy |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=23–31 |doi= 10.2307/1373716|jstor=1373716 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1431779}}]
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|{{IUCN status|NT}}[{{cite iucn |title=Genetta piscivora |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Do Linh San, E. |date=2015 |page=e.T15628A45201673 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15628A45201673.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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Crested servaline genet (G. cristata) {{small|Hayman, 1940}}
frameless | {{IUCN status|VU}}[{{cite iucn |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Angelici, F.M. |author3=Do Linh San, E. |date=2015 |title=Genetta cristata |volume=2015 |page=e.T8998A45198406 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T8998A45198406.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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| Schouteden's genet (G. schoutedeni) {{small|Crawford-Cabral, 1970}} |
Bourlon's genet (G. bourloni) {{small|Gaubert, 2003}}[{{cite journal |author=Gaubert, P. |year=2003 |title=Description of a new species of genet (Carnivora; Viverridae; genus Genetta) and taxonomic revision of forest forms related to the Large-spotted Genet complex |journal=Mammalia |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=85–108 |doi= 10.1515/mamm.2003.67.1.85|s2cid=84351854 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249943708}}]
|{{IUCN status|VU}}[{{cite iucn |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Greengrass, E.J. |author3=Do Linh San, E. |date=2015 |title=Genetta bourloni |volume=2015 |page=e.T136223A45220931 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T136223A45220931.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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| rowspan="2" |Poiana {{small|Gray, 1864}}[{{cite journal |author=Gray, J. E. |year=1864 |title=A revision of the genera and species of viverrine animals (Viverridae), founded on the collection in the British Museum |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1864 |pages=502–579 |url=https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen64zool#page/524/mode/2up}}]
|Central African oyan (P. richardsonii) {{small|(Thomson, 1842)}}[{{cite journal |author=Thomson, T. R. H. |year=1842 |title=Description of a new species of Genetta, and of two species of Birds from Western Africa |journal=The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology |volume=10 |issue=64 |url=https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof10lond/page/202 |pages=203–205 |doi=10.1080/03745484209445224}}]
frameless | {{IUCN status|LC}}[{{cite iucn |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Do Linh San, E. |date=2015 |title=Poiana richardsonii |volume=2015 |page=e.T41704A45219609 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41704A45219609.en |access-date=17 July 2023}}]
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West African oyan (P. leightoni) {{small|(Pocock, 1907)}}[{{cite journal |author=Pocock, R. I. |year=1907 |title=Report upon a Small Collection of Mammalia brought from Liberia by Mr. Leonard Leighton |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=77 |issue=November |pages=1037–1046 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1907.tb06966.x |url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo19074471121zool/page/1042}}]
|{{IUCN status|VU}}[{{cite iucn |author=Gaubert, P. |author2=Do Linh San, E. |date=2015 |title=Poiana leightoni |volume=2015 |page=e.T44165A45220840 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44165A45220840.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}]
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