GENET  , typically a See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• EUROPEAN

European carnivorous mammal referable to the Viverridae or See also:

• FAMILY

family of civets, but also taken to include several allied See also:

• SPECIES

species from See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . The true genet (Genetta vulgaris or Genetta genetta) occurs throughout the south of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and in See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, as well as See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Africa . The See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur is of a dark-See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, thickly spotted with See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black, and having a dark streak along the back, while the tail, which is nearly as See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as the The Genet (Genetta vulgaris) . See also:

• BODY

body, is ringed with black and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white . The genet is rare in the south of-See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, but commoner in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, where it frequents the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of streams, and feeds on small mammals and birds . It differs from the true civets in that the anal pouch is a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere depression, and contains only a faint trace of the highly characteristic odour of the former . In south-western Europe and North Africa it is sought for its soft and beautifully spotted fur . In some parts of Europe, the genet, which is easily tamed, is kept like a See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

cat for destroying mice and other See also:

• VERMIN (Fr. vermine, formed as if from Lat. verminus, vcrmis, a worm)

vermin .