What is Cape genet?
{{speciesbox | name = Cape genet | image = Large-spotted Genet (Genetta tigrina) (17356502041) (crop).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |publisher=[[IUCN]] |author=Gaubert, P. | author2 = Do Linh San, E. | name-list-style = amp | title = ''Genetta tigrina'' | volume = 2015 | page = e.T41702A45219459 |date=2015 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41702/45219459 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41702A45219459.en |access-date=30 October 2018}}</ref> | genus = Genetta | species = tigrina | authority = ([[Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]], 1778) }} The '''Cape genet''' (''Genetta tigrina''), is a type of [[genet]]. It is also called the '''South African large-spotted genet.''' It only lives in [[South Africa]]. It is a [[Least concern|Least Concern]] species.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Philippe Gaubert (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement|first1=Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle|last2=Group)|first2=Emmanuel Do Linh San (IUCN SSC Small Carnivore Specialist|date=2015-02-28|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Genetta tigrina|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|access-date=2020-08-27|website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}}</ref> Like other genets, it is [[Nocturnal animals|nocturnal]] and [[arboreal]]. It prefers riparian zones of forests, as long as these are not [[marsh]]y places.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226623634|title=Diet of the South African large-spotted genet Genetta tigrina (Carnivora, Viverridae) in a coastal dune forest|last=|first=|publisher=Roberts, P.; Somers, M.; White, R.; Nel, J.|year=2007|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Viverrids]] [[Category:Mammals of Africa]]