Large-Spotted Genet

Large-Spotted Genet
ジェネット
Character Data
AKA		Rusty-spotted genet, Genet, Panther genet
Romaji		Jenetto
Debut		KemoV
Animal Data
Scientific Name		Genetta maculata
Distribution		Subsaharan Africa
Diet		Omnivore
Avg. Lifespan		?
Read More		Large-spotted genet
Conservation

Large-Spotted Genet

KF3

KemoV

Gallery

Large-Spotted Genet is a type of viverrid Friend that first debuted as a member of KemoV. Her original friend design was later revealed from official merch.

Appearance

Large-Spotted Genet has a spotted yellow skirt and yellow hair, giving her an appearance similar to that of a Serval. However she is not wearing opera gloves, her ears are a different shape, and she wears red ribbons on her back.

Series Appearances

Appearances In Kemono Friends Media

Media		Role
2019	Kemono Friends 3	↪ Major character, playable character

In Real Life

Large-spotted genet in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa. Photo by Bernard DUPONT, 2016

The large-spotted genet is a type of genet that is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. Similar to other genets, it has slender cat-like appearance with a long body, a long ringed tail, large ears, a pointed muzzle and partly retractile claws. This genet species has short pale grey to pale yellow fur with dark spots and a dark continuous line along its back. It weighs from 1.3 to 3kg (2.9 to 6.6 lb) and ranges from 42 to 52 cm (17 to 20 in) head to body with a tail of 40 to 53 cm (16 to 21 in) in length.

The large-spotted genet, like other genets, is highly agile and an exceptional climber. It dwells in woodland savannah, forest–savanna mosaic, rainforests and montane forests up to an elevation of 3,400 m (11,200 ft) in Ethiopia. It is nocturnal and stays in trees most of the time during the day. It is solitary except during mating season. It is omnivorous and feeds on rodents, small birds, lizards, insects, eggs, fruits, berries and seeds.

Large-spotted genets are found commonly over a large swath of sub-Saharan Africa; the border of its northern range falls within countries such as Nigeria, Chad, and Eritrea at the northmost, and its southern range cuts off within countries such as Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa at the southernmost. Its wide distribution and healthy populations leave it at Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Trivia

• Large-Spotted Genet is the first and only Friend to have had her design as a KemoV member debut before her design for other media.
• Although Large-Spotted Genet's design closely resembles that of Serval, and so too do the real-world animals look similar at a glance, genets aren't closely related to cats; they are from the family Viverridae, which also includes the binturong and most species of civet. While cats and genets both fall under the suborder Feliformia, it is a large suborder and they are very distant within it.
  • There are a couple of genet species that are named for their apparent similarity to the serval cat, these being the servaline genet and crested servaline genet.
• Genets are the only viverrids able to stand on their hind legs.
• In 2014, a camera trap in the Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park captured a large-spotted genet riding on the back of two different buffalo and a rhinoceros. This was the first time a genet was recorded hitch-hiking.

References

• Rusty-spotted genet, National Geographic Photo Ark.
• Rusty-spotted genet, Wildlife Vanguard.