Scientific name Genetta poensis Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Subfamily Viverrinae Higher classification Genet | |
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Similar Crested servaline genet, Bourlon's genet, Haussa genet, Johnston's genet, Abyssinian genet | ||
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.
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