Common genet: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common genet lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Genetta genetta
Group	Mongooses, civets & genets
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Africa, Europe
Mass	72.5 g (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Viverridae

Where does the common genet live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common genet in 4 countries and territories across Africa and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Lesotho, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Senegal, Somalia. In Spain, Portugal it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

France
Spain (introduced)
Portugal (introduced)
Benin

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a common genet?

Wikidata records the following for the common genet: mass 72.5 g (birth weight).

Is the common genet endangered?

The common genet’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common genet?

The common genet (Genetta genetta) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Viverridae, genus Genetta. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common genet

The common genet (Genetta genetta) is a small viverrid indigenous to Africa that was introduced to southwestern Europe. It is widely distributed north of the Sahara, in savanna zones south of the Sahara to southern Africa and along the coast of Arabia, Yemen and Oman. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common genet (revision 1371480307), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q261574 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).