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GENUS Genetta

Author:G.[Baron] Cuvier, 1816.
Citation:Règne Anim., 1: 156.
Type Species:Viverra genetta Linnaeus, 1758, by designation.
Comments:For reviews, see Crawford-Cabral (1966a, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1981a, b), Rosevear (1974), Coetzee (1977), Schlawe (1980a, 1981), Wozencraft (1984, 1989b), Gaubert et al. (2002b, 2003a, b, 2004). Synonyms for the species in this genus follow Gaubert (2003) and Gaubert et al. (2002a, 2003a, b). Gaubert et al. (2002b) suggested that subgenera within the genus should be abandoned.
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Offspring:

SPECIES abyssinica

SPECIES angolensis

SPECIES bourloni

SPECIES cristata

SPECIES genetta

SUBSPECIES genetta

SUBSPECIES afra

SUBSPECIES dongolana

SUBSPECIES felina

SUBSPECIES senegalensis

SPECIES johnstoni

SPECIES maculata

SPECIES pardina

SPECIES piscivora

SPECIES poensis

SPECIES servalina

SUBSPECIES servalina

SUBSPECIES archeri

SUBSPECIES bettoni

SUBSPECIES lowei

SUBSPECIES schwarzi

SPECIES thierryi

SPECIES tigrina

SUBSPECIES tigrina

SUBSPECIES methi

SPECIES victoriae

Synonyms:

    Odmaelurus Gloger, 1841
    Paragenetta Kuhn, 1960
    Pseudogenetta Dekeyser, 1949

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