THE GENET 
Tue SMALL-spoTreD GENET 
(Genetta felina) 
This species of genet is common throughout 
the Cape Province, and has been recorded as far 
north as Angola. Considerable numbers have been 
killed or captured in the eastern part of the Cape 
Province within the last few years. In the neigh- 
bourhood of Port Elizabeth over a dozen have been 
shot or trapped within the past couple of years and 
sent to the museum. 
The Small-spotted Genet can be identified by 
its spots being smaller than those in the preceding 
species, and instead of being in three rows, as in 
the Large-spotted Genet, the black spots are in 
five and sometimes six irregular rows. The tip of 
the tail is stated to be white, but this is not con- 
stant. In some it is white, in others black. The 
difference between the two species is not recog- 
nised by colonists, and both are known as the Musk- 
kat or Misselyat-kat. 
Tue SENEGAL GENET 
(Genetta ludia—senegalensis of Sclater) 
The Senegal Genet is an inhabitant of the 
western portion of Africa, and has been found as 
far south as the Kalahari; therefore it is included 
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