Giant forest genet

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| name = Giant forest genet

| image = GenettaVictoriaeSmit.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{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}}

| genus = Genetta

| species = victoriae

| authority = Thomas, 1901

| range_map = Giant Forest Genet area.png

| range_map_caption = Giant forest genet range

}}

The giant forest genet (Genetta victoriae), also known as the giant genet, is a genet species endemic to the Congo Basin. As it is considered as widely distributed and common, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Characteristics

The giant genet has a yellowish white short and thick fur with numerous black spots. It is whitish on top of the muzzle and between the eyes.

.{{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=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=2 |issue=2 |pages=85−90 |url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo19012zool/page/86}}

Measurements of museum specimen range from {{convert|55|to|60|cm|abbr=on}} in head and body with a {{convert|413|to|490|mm|in|abbr=on}} long tail.{{cite book |author1=Van Rompaey, H. |author2=Colyn, M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2013 |chapter=Genetta victoriae Giant Genet |pages=249–250 |title=The Mammals of Africa |volume=V. Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses |editor1=Kingdon, J. |editor2=Hoffmann, M. |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=London}}

References

giant forest genet

Category:Mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Category:Mammals of Rwanda

Category:Fauna of Central Africa

giant forest genet