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Angolan genet

Angolan genet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Viverridae
Genus: Genetta
Species:
G. angolensis
Binomial name
Genetta angolensis
Bocage, 1882
Angolan genet range
Synonyms[2]

The Angolan genet or miombo genet (Genetta angolensis)[2] is a genet species endemic to Southern Africa. It is considered common in this region and therefore listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List.[1] Little is known about its ecology.[3]

  1. ^ a b Gaubert, P.; Fischer, C.; Hausser, Y.; Do Linh San, E. (2016). "Genetta angolensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41696A45218468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41696A45218468.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Genetta angolensis". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 554. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Fischer, C. (2013). "Diversity and distribution of small carnivores in a miombo woodland within the Katavi region, Western Tanzania". Small Carnivore Conservation. 48: 60–66.

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