The Hausa genet is a genet native to the savannas of West Africa. It is native to Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon, where it inhabits moist and dry savannas with open woodlands, and it has also been sighted in dry wooded steppes in Senegal and in rainforest in Sierra Leone, Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Its short bright fur has a brown rufous line along the back crossed by a brighter line, two rows of elongated dorsal spots, unspotted fore and hind limbs, and a tail banded with dark and bright rings and a black tip. The pelage is shorter and paler in savanna and longer and darker, more yellow, in forest. Its ecology has been little studied, though it is thought to den among boulders or in holes dug in the ground. It is hunted in some areas and appears as bushmeat, and it is listed as Least Concern.
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Source Hausa genet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The Hausa genet is native to Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon, where it inhabits moist and dry savannas with open woodlands.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Hausa genet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The Hausa genet is native to Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon, where it inhabits moist and dry savannas with open woodlands.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Hausa genet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The Hausa genet is native to Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon, where it inhabits moist and dry savannas with open woodlands.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Hausa genet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The Hausa genet is native to Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon, where it inhabits moist and dry savannas with open woodlands.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Hausa genet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The Hausa genet is native to Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon, where it inhabits moist and dry savannas with open woodlands.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Hausa genet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The Hausa genet is native to Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon, where it inhabits moist and dry savannas with open woodlands.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Hausa genet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitatQuote, Distribution and habitat
The Hausa genet is native to Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon, where it inhabits moist and dry savannas with open woodlands.
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The Hausa genet (Genetta thierryi) is a genet species native to West African savannas.
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It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Distribution and habitat
The Hausa genet is native to Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon, where it inhabits moist and dry savannas with open woodlands.
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It is hunted in some areas and sometimes seen on display as bushmeat.
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