Angolan genet

The Angolan genet, also known as the miombo genet, is a genet of southern Africa in the family Viverridae. Its long light brown fur carries dark spots, small on the front and shoulders and more numerous and slightly larger on the sides, with a continuous dark crest running along the back and a bushy ringed tail that ends in a dark tip. Head and body length is 44 to 48 centimetres, with a tail of 38 to 43 centimetres, and the male is larger than the female. It is distinguished from the common genet by its black rather than white tail tip and more irregular blotching. The species occurs in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, in miombo woodland and on open plains. It is common and listed as Least Concern, though little is known of its ecology; road traffic may harm it, and in Tanzania traditional healers use it in their practice.