Genetta tigrina (carnivore)

Mass: 1.7 kg based on Maddock 1989 and Stuart 1981

Diet: carnivore-invertivore based on Stuart 1981; invertivore-carnivore based on Roberts et al. 2007

Abundance: 0.04 to 33.75% (median 1.16%)

Latitudinal range: -34.3° to -0.8°

Habitats: (4), Mediterranean woodland (2), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)

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Found in 14 samples

Kenya: Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.3) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (DBS) (Holocene)

South Africa: Drakensberg Midlands, Garden Route National Park (Site 1), Between George and Karatara, Kloof/Hillcrest, Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand) (Late Pleistocene), Table Mountain National Park, Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 2), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene)

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

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

Size measurements:
♀ body mass1160 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass1700 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass1590 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass1530 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass1730 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass1550 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass1920 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass1600 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♀ body mass1550 kgN = 4Stuart 1981
♂ body mass1750 kgN = 1Maddock 1989
♂ body mass1880 kgN = 9Stuart 1981
♀ ear length42 mmN = 5Stuart 1981
♂ ear length43 mmN = 10Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length495 mmN = 5Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length507 mmN = 11Stuart 1981
♀ hind foot length82 mmN = 5Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length85 mmN = 11Stuart 1981
♀ tail length403 mmN = 5Stuart 1981
♂ tail length431 mmN = 10Stuart 1981

See also Genetta, Genetta angolensis, Genetta genetta, Genetta maculata, Genetta pardina, Genetta servalina, Genetta sp., Genetta thierryi