Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Carnivora
- ---- family: Viverridae
- ----- species: Genetta tigrina
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Characteristics: | carnivore; this cat-like animal has a greyish-white coat with dark spots; the tail is long and and dark with white rings, the tip is black; a distinct band of dark hair begins just behind the shoulders and ends at the base of the tail; there are white spots underneath the eyes and the cheeks are white, these white areas are divided by a dark mark; |
Countries: | - BW
- Botswana
- ZA
- South Africa
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1012
- Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- AT1201
- Albany thickets
- AT1202
- Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1203
- Montane fynbos and renosterveld
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References: | Cillié 1997: 146 |