mammal · Carnivora · Viverridae

Cape Genet

Genetta tigrina (Schreber, 1776) — also called South African Large-spotted Genet, large-spotted genet, Cape Large-spotted Genet. Occurrence records of the Cape Genet are shared on GBIF from around 45 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Boland Mountain Complex (103 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernViverridae

45reserves with records

501records around them

3provinces

LCIUCN category

Cape Genet (Genetta tigrina) — Photo: Bernard Dupont from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	103
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	92
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	33
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	32
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	18
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	17
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	13
Hottentots Holland Nature ReserveForest reserve	WC Western Cape	12
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	12
Hottentotsholland Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	12
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	12
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	12
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	9
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	8
Constantia NekNature reserve	WC Western Cape	8
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Nkomba Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	7
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	6
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	6
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	5
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	5
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	4
Garden Route Safari CampPrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	3
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Krantzkloof Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
Vogelgat Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Lourie Dam Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	2
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	2
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	2
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 37 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 4 reserves
Eastern Cape: 4 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Viverridae
Scientific name: Genetta tigrina
GBIF taxon: 5219356
Wikidata: Q43230

More of the Viverridae family

Common Genet African Civet

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.