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Genetta genetta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.45

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Genetta genetta pyrenaica Bourdelle & Dezilière, 1951
Viverra genetta Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Genetta genetta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Algaire in language.
Chineta in Aragonese
Chồn genet in Vietnamese
Common Genet in English
Common Genet in English
Common Genet in English
Common Genet in English
Common Genet in English
Common Genet in English
Common Genet in English
Common Small-spotted Genet in English
Common Small-spotted Genet in English
Common genet in English
Eirópäische Ginsterkotz in language.
Europagenett in Norwegian Bokmål
Europska cibetka in Croatian
Europäische Ginsterkatze in German
Gemeinegenette in German
Genet in English
Geneta in Portuguese
Geneta in Portuguese
Geneta comuna in Catalan–Valencian
Genetkat in Dutch
Genetkat in Dutch
Genett in Norwegian
Genett in Estonian
Genett in Swedish
Genetta in Italian
Genetta in Italian
Genetta comune in Italian
Genette in Danish
Genette in Danish
Genette commune in French
Genette commune in French
Genette commune in French
Genette commune, Genette in French
Genetti in Finnish
Genoto in Esperanto
Gewone genetkat in Dutch
Gineta in Spanish
Gineta in English
Gineta comun in language.
Ginsterkatze in German
Ginsterkatze in German
Gínköttur in Icelandic
Jineta in Spanish
Katajineta in Basque
Kazh-banal boutin in Breton
Kleinfleck-Ginsterkatze in German
Kleinflecken-Ginsterkatze in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Chans JJ, Garrido S, Calderón J (2006) Informe sobre la biodiversidad de Doñana. Listado de Organismos. En: Máñez M. (IP) Diseño y puesta a punto del programa de seguimiento de procesos y recursos naturales en el Parque Nacional de Doñana. Memoria final. Estación Biológica de Doñana-Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales.
  2. Fernández JA (1974) Guía del Parque Nacional de Doñana. Instituto Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza. Madrid. 260 pp.
  3. Fernández JA (1982) Guía de campo del Parque Nacional de Doñana. Ed. Omega. Barcelona. 475 pp.
  4. García-Novo F, Martín A, Toja J (2007) La Frontera de Doñana. Secretariado de Publicaciones. Vicerrectorado de Investigación. Universidad de Sevilla. Sevilla. 317 pp.
  5. García-Novo F, Marín-Cabrera C (2005) Doñana. Agua y Biosfera. Ed. Doñana 2005, Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. Madrid. 353 pp
  6. 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.
  7. Palomo LJ, Gisbert J (2002) Atlas de los mamíferos terrestres de España. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza-SECEM-SECEMU. Madrid. 564 pp.
  8. Palomo LJ, Gisbert J, Blanco JC (2007) Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Mamíferos Terrestres de España. Dirección General para la Biodiversidad-SECEM-SECEMU. Madrid. 588 pp.
  9. Román J, Arias A M, Arroyo J L, Bastianelli G, Calzada J, Clavero M, Cobo M D, Díaz-Paniagua C, Ibáñez C, Juste J, Martínez A, Nogueras J, de los Reyes L, Revilla E, Rodríguez R, Rodríguez-Rodríguez E J, del Valle J L, Janss G F E, Tablado Z, D'Amico M, Navarro L M (2025). Checklist of the vertebrate fauna of the Doñana Biosphere Reserve (Spain) - 2025. Version 1.0. Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC). Checklist dataset. https://doi.org/10.15470/idnt5f
  10. Román J, Ruiz G, Delibes M (1999) Estatus, distribución y problemas de conservación de los mamíferos carnívoros y otros vertebrados terrestres en los sectores norte y oeste del Parque Natural de Doñana. Informe inédito. 180 pp
  11. Valverde JA (1960) Vertebrados de las Marismas del Guadalquivir (Introducción a su estudio ecológico). Archivos del Instituto de Aclimatación. Vol. IX. Almería. 168 pp.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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