The tail which is as long as the body is ringed with black and white, the black rings being to the number or nine or eleven.
They are attractive, cat-like animals with long and slender bodies, about 20 inches in length, and weigh about 6 pounds. Genets are agile climbers, using their short, curved, retractile claws to traverse branches upside down and descend trees headfirst.
This animal also purrs, hisses and arches it back like a cat. Genets jump well, have a slinking walk, trot and run in a diagonal stride and jump-run with body alternately flexing and extending.
This animal is found both in a wild and domestic state in the south of Europe and thence southward through Africa to the Cape of Good Hope.
The large spotted genet lives in sub-Saharan Africa, excluding the arid south western zone.
Genet (Viverra genetta)
