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Genettinae is a subfamily of the feliform viverrids. It contains all of the genet species (genus Genetta) and the oyan species (genus Poiana). Classification.
A fifth subfamily, Prionodontinae, was previously included in Viverridae, while the species in Genettinae were considered part of Viverrinae, but more recent genetic evidence resulted in the consensus to separate Prionodontinae into its own family and split out Genettinae into its own subfamily. Extinct species have also been placed into ...
A genet (pronounced / ˈ dʒ ɛ n ɪ t / or / dʒ ə ˈ n ɛ t /) is a member of the genus Genetta, which consists of 17 species of small African carnivorans. [1] [2] The common genet is the only genet present in Europe and occurs in the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and France.
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized feliform mammals, comprising 14 genera with 33 species.This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821. [3]
Gentiana (/ ˌ dʒ ɛ n tʃ i ˈ eɪ n ə /) [2] is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the gentian family (Gentianaceae), the tribe Gentianeae, and the monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae.
The African linsangs [4] also known as oyans [5] are two species classified in the mammalian subfamily Viverrinae, in the family Viverridae.There is one genus, Poiana. The name linsang is from Javanese linsang or wlinsang, which used to be wrongly translated as "otter" in English dictionaries.
The giant genet has a yellowish white short and thick fur with numerous black spots. It is whitish on top of the muzzle and between the eyes. . [2]Measurements of museum specimen range from 55 to 60 cm (22 to 24 in) in head and body with a 413 to 490 mm (16.3 to 19.3 in) long tail.
The pardine genet's fur is yellowish grey with round black spots, which are bigger on the hind legs than on the shoulders. Its head is more reddish, and the muzzle brownish.