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Genetta tigrina (Schreber, 1776)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Die Säugethiere vol.3 17 p.pl. 115[1776]; see also text, 3(25):425 [1777]

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Viverra tigrina Schreber, 1776
Homonyms
Genetta tigrina (Schreber, 1776)
Common names
!Noreb in language.
Blotched Genet in English
Cape Genet in English
Cape Genet in English
Cape Genet in English
Cape Genet in English
Cape Genet in English
Cape Genet in English
Cape Large-spotted Genet in English
Cape genet in English
Geneta-do-Cabo in Portuguese
Genetta del Capo in Italian
Genetta del Sudafrica a macchie grandi in Italian
Genette a Grandes Taches in French
Genette tigrine in French
Genette tigrine in French
Genette à grandes taches d'Afrique du Sud in French
Gineta Con Pintas Grandes in Spanish
Gineta manchada in language.
Gineta manchada in Spanish
Ginetta Maggiore in Italian
Grootkolmuskeljaatkat in Afrikaans
Insimba in Swati
Inyhwagi in Xhosa
Jineta Tigrina in Spanish
Kaapse Rooikolmuskejaatkat in Afrikaans
Msimba-mangovo in Tsonga
Nsimba in Tsonga
Plettet genette in Danish
South African Large-spotted Genet in English
South African Large-spotted Genet in English
Stdliche GroRfleckgenette in German
Stdliche GroRfleckgenette in German
Storflekkgenett in Norwegian Bokmål
Südliche Grossfleckgenette in German
Südliche Großfleck-Ginsterkatze in German
Südliche Großfleckginsterkatze in German
Thokolo in Tswana
Thsipathoko in language.
Tigergenett in Norwegian Bokmål
Tigrine Genet in English
Tijgergenetkat in Dutch
Tshipa in Tswana
Tshipathokolo in Tswana
Tsimba in Venda
laikkugenetti in Finnish
large-spotted genet in English
large-spotted genet in English
large-spotted genet in English
large-spotted genet in English

Bibliographic References

  1. 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.
  2. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2026). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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