The Ecological Register: Genetta genetta

Genetta genetta (carnivore)

Mass: 1.7 kg based on Ikeda et al. 1983, Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011, Stuart 1981, and Palomares and Delibes 1988

Diet: carnivore based on Palomares and Delibes 1994; carnivore-invertivore based on Stuart 1981; insectivore-frugivore based on Santos-Reis et al. 2005

Abundance: 0.59 to 9.40% (median 3.94%)

Latitudinal range: -33.6° to 42.6°

Habitats: (1), Mediterranean woodland (1), desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (8)

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Found in 12 samples

Mauritania: Dhar Tichitt Site 38

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park

Oman: Southwest Dhofar Mountains

Senegal: Drambos Cave

South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Bethlehem

Spain: Larraga

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Tli’ika

Yemen: Hawf

Size measurements:

♀ body mass	1550 kg	N = 1	Ikeda et al. 1983
♀ body mass	1300 kg	N = 1	Ikeda et al. 1983
♀ body mass	1529 kg	N = 10	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♀ body mass	1633 kg	N = 9	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♀ body mass	1420 kg	N = 16	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♀ body mass	1791 kg	N = 11	Stuart 1981
♂ body mass	1750 kg	N = 1	Palomares and Delibes 1988
♂ body mass	1745 kg	N = 11	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♂ body mass	1908 kg	N = 6	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♂ body mass	1580 kg	N = 15	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♂ body mass	1908 kg	N = 19	Stuart 1981
♀ ear length	29 mm	N = 1	Ikeda et al. 1983
♀ ear length	36 mm	N = 1	Ikeda et al. 1983
♀ ear length	47 mm	N = 16	Stuart 1981
♂ ear length	51 mm	N = 23	Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length	488 mm	N = 1	Ikeda et al. 1983
♀ head and body length	458 mm	N = 1	Ikeda et al. 1983
♀ head and body length	484 mm	N = 10	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♀ head and body length	452 mm	N = 9	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♀ head and body length	477 mm	N = 16	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♀ head and body length	503 mm	N = 16	Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length	507 mm	N = 11	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♂ head and body length	471 mm	N = 6	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♂ head and body length	492 mm	N = 15	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♂ head and body length	514 mm	N = 24	Stuart 1981
♀ hind foot length	78 mm	N = 1	Ikeda et al. 1983
♀ hind foot length	79 mm	N = 1	Ikeda et al. 1983
♀ hind foot length	81 mm	N = 18	Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length	85 mm	N = 25	Stuart 1981
♀ skull length	89 mm	N = 6	Stuart 1981
♂ skull length	90 mm	N = 12	Stuart 1981
♀ tail length	421 mm	N = 1	Ikeda et al. 1983
♀ tail length	382 mm	N = 1	Ikeda et al. 1983
♀ tail length	399 mm	N = 10	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♀ tail length	389 mm	N = 9	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♀ tail length	396 mm	N = 16	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♀ tail length	433 mm	N = 17	Stuart 1981
♂ tail length	415 mm	N = 11	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♂ tail length	427 mm	N = 6	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♂ tail length	419 mm	N = 15	Rodriguez-Refojos et al. 2011
♂ tail length	454 mm	N = 25	Stuart 1981

Current reference: Herzog et al. 2003 (ER 1261)