Giant forest genet

The giant forest genet, also known as the giant genet, is a genet endemic to the Congo Basin and belongs to the civet family Viverridae under the scientific name Genetta victoriae. It has short thick yellowish white fur covered with numerous black spots, and it is whitish on top of the muzzle and between the eyes. Museum specimens measure 55 to 60 centimetres in head and body length with a tail of 41 to 49 centimetres. Because it is considered widely distributed and common, the IUCN lists it as Least Concern. Few details of its ecology, diet or behaviour appear in the published account used here, so much of its natural history remains to be documented by later work on this atlas entry.