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Genetta G.Cuvier, 1816

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Règne Anim. vol. 1 p. 156

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Viverridae
genus
Genetta

Name

Synonyms
Gedetta Rochebrune, 1886-87
Genella Gray, 1861
Genetta Oken, 1816
Odmaelurus Gloger, 1841
Paragenetta Kuhn, 1960
Pseudogenetta Dekeyser, 1949
Homonyms
Genetta G.Cuvier, 1816
Genetta G
Genetta Oken, 1816
Common names
Genet in Turkish
Genet in language.
Genetas in Portuguese
Genets in English
Genette in Italian
Genetter in Norwegian Bokmål
Genettes in French
Ginetas in Spanish
Ginsterkatzen in German
Giống genet in Vietnamese
Jinetas in Spanish
Muskejaatkatte in Afrikaans
genetit in Finnish
Żeneta in Polish
ženetka in Czech
Генета in Ukrainian
Генеты in Russian
زريقاء in Arabic
ジェネット属 in Japanese
獛屬 in Chinese
제넷속 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Gaubert et al., 2005
  2. Gaubert et al., 2005
  3. Jennings, A. P., and G. Veron / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Viverridae (Civets, Genets and Oyans). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 174-232.
  4. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2026). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  5. Règne Anim. vol. 1 p. 156
  6. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  7. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  8. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  9. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  10. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  11. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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