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Genettinae

Genettinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Viverridae
Subfamily:	Genettinae Gray, 1864
Genera
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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[edit]

Living species[edit]

Genus	Species	IUCN Red List status and distribution
Genetta Cuvier, 1816[1]	Common genet (G. genetta) (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]	LC[3]
	Cape genet (G. tigrina) (Schreber, 1778)[4]	LC[5]
	South African small-spotted genet (G. felina) (Thunberg, 1811)[6]
	Rusty-spotted genet (G. maculata) (Gray, 1828)[7]	LC[8]
	Pardine genet (G. pardina) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832[9]	LC[10]
	Abyssinian genet (G. abyssinica) (Rüppell, 1835)[11]	DD[12]
	King genet (G. poensis) Waterhouse, 1838[13]	DD[14]
	Servaline genet (G. servalina) Pucheran, 1855	LC[15]
	Angolan genet (G. angolensis) Bocage, 1882	LC[16]
	Giant forest genet (G. victoriae) Thomas, 1901[17]	LC[18]
	Hausa genet (G. thierryi) Matschie, 1902[19]	LC[20]
	Letaba genet (G. letabae) Thomas and Schwann, 1906[21]
	Johnston's genet (G. johnstoni) (Pocock, 1908)	NT[22]
	Aquatic genet (G. piscivora) (Allen, 1919)[23]	NT[24]
	Crested servaline genet (G. cristata) Hayman, 1940	VU[25]
	Schouteden’s genet (G. schoutedeni) Crawford-Cabral, 1970
	Bourlon's genet (G. bourloni) Gaubert, 2003[26]	VU[27]
Poiana Gray, 1864[28]	Central African oyan (P. richardsonii) (Thomson, 1842)[29]	LC[30]
	West African oyan (P. leightoni) (Pocock, 1907)[31]	VU[32]

Phylogeny[edit]

The phylogenetic relationships of Genettinae are shown in the following cladogram:^[33][34]

References[edit]

^ Gaubert, P. & Cordeiro-Estrela, P. (2006). "Phylogenetic systematics and tempo of evolution of the Viverrinae (Mammalia, Carnivora, Viverridae) within feliformians: implications for faunal exchanges between Asia and Africa" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (2): 266–278. Bibcode:2006MolPE..41..266G. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.034. PMID 16837215. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

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