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Genets and Oyans
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Genets and Oyans

Genettinae

Genettinae is a subfamily of the feliform viverrids. It contains all of the genet species (genus Genetta) and the oyan species (genus Poiana).

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2 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 17 known species

Genets

genusGenetta

Oyans

genusPoiana

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846248.