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King Genet
Genetta poensis
The king genet (Genetta poensis) is a small carnivoran native to the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. As it has not been recorded since 1946, it is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. It probably inhabits only tropical rainforest.
From the article King genet on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
King genet has a pale yellowish to grey fur covered with dark spots. The spots are more squarer and elongated on the dorsal side of the body. It has a large skull, with broad ears, and a snout, which has distinguishable dark lines covered with white spots. The limbs are darker with spots, and the underside are black. It has a short and stout tail with thick fur. The hind part of the tail is dark, and tail has four to six annular rings. The skin colorization provides a camouflage and adapted for thick forest environment.
Range & habitat
The king genet occurs in pockets of north west coast of Africa, and West Africa cross the countries of Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Republic of Congo. As it has not been recorded since 1946, it is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 74357.