Large-Spotted Genet
Large-Spotted Genet
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| AKA | Rusty-spotted genet, Genet, Panther genet
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| Romaji | Jenetto
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| Debut | KemoV | ||
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| Scientific Name | Genetta maculata
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| Distribution | Subsaharan Africa
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| Diet | Omnivore
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| Avg. Lifespan | ?
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| Read More | Large-spotted genet
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| 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 has a different shape, and she wear red ribbons on her back.
Series Appearances
| Media | Role | |
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| 2019 | Kemono Friends 3 | ↪ Major character, playable character |
In Real Life
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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.
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 on 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.
This genet species is common across its large range of habitat and is listed as Least Concerned on the IUCN Red Lists.
Trivia
- Her friend design very much resembles Serval's but Large-spotted genet isn't closely related to serval or other cats. Genets are under the big suborder of Feliformia which includes cats, hyenas, viverrids and other cat-like mammals.
- Large-Spotted Genet is the first and only Friends who got KemoV design before the standard design.
- Large-spotted genet is found in a large area of sub-Saharan Africa except southern part of South Africa, where it is replaced by another similar genet species, Cape genet, also called South African Large-spotted 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.