THE GENET 
crept was so absurdly narrow that it seemed an 
utter impossibility for the genet to have pushed 
through it. When we killed the creature we failed 
utterly to push even a small portion of its body into 
this crevice. The head we managed to force in 
sideways, but the body wedged the aperture most 
effectually ; yet this genet had passed through the 
crevice several times, for traces of its presence were 
seen nightly on the museum floor, and the ration 
of meat left each evening had disappeared. 
Genets inhabit the whole of Africa, and although 
one species which is found in Northern Africa ex- 
tends into Spain, the South of France, and South- 
western Asia, the real home of the Genets is in 
Africa. In South Africa we have four kinds. They 
are as follows: 
Tue Larce-spoTtep GENET 
(Genetta tigrina) 
This species of Genet is found throughout South 
Africa in all situations which afford cover. It 
ranges beyond the Zambesi to Somaliland and 
Abyssinia. In fact, it is common all over Africa 
in the bush-veld, forests, and kloofs. 
Several specimens of this species have been ob- 
tained in the neighbourhood of Port Elizabeth. 
It, however, is seldom seen, owing to its cunning, 
secretive, and silent ways, and the fact that it lies 
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