Large-Spotted Genet

Large-Spotted Genet
Character Data
Also known as: Rusty-spotted genet, Genet, Panther genet Japanese Name: ジェネット Romanised Name: Jenetto First Featured in: KemoV
Animal Data
Scientific Name: Genetta maculata Distribution: Subsaharan Africa Diet: Omnivore Average Lifespan in the Wild: Unknown Read More: Large-spotted genet Conservation Status:

Large-Spotted Genet​

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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.

Series Appearances

Appearances In Kemono Friends Media

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In Real Life

Large-Spotted Genet in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa. Photo by Bernard DUPONT, 2016

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 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.