Genetta genetta

Length: 40 -50 cm (16-20’)

Tail: 37-47 cm (15-19’)

Weight: 1.2 -2.25 kg (3.3-5 lb.)

Status: not endangered

Habitat: The common genet is found in a variety of dry habitats. These range from seasonally dry woodlands to sparsely bushed near deserts.

Role: carnivore

Food: The common genet eats a variety of foods. These include rodents, bushbabies, bats, birds, reptiles, frogs, fish, insects, scorpions, spiders, centipedes and fruits. They will also drink nectar from night blooming trees which they help pollinate.

Predators: Hawks, eagles and owls will take genets. Leopards present a threat too.