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The Cape genet, aka South African large-spotted genet, may share similar traits to felines, but they are actually more closely related to mongooses and civets. These critters face the threats of roads and railroads, that divide their territory and can result in vehicle strike (being hit by vehicles); hunting, in […]

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Inhabiting forests, rocky hillsides, marshes, scrublands, and agricultural lands we have the genet. These nocturnal (active at night), catlike creatures inhabit a wide range in Africa and these critters are threatened by habitat loss and hunted because of their fur and body parts which are used in folk medicine. There […]

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