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Species
Maximum longevity: 20 years (captivity) Observations: One wild born specimen was about 20 years old when it died in captivity (Richard Weigl 2005).
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Genetta maculata
- Commons category
- Genetta maculata
- taxon common name
- żeneta południowa
- short name
- G. maculata
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Encyclopedic overview
The rusty-spotted genet (Genetta maculata), also called panther genet and large-spotted genet, is a genet that is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. It is considered common and therefore listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rusty-spotted genet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.