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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 586 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GENET , typically a See also:

south See also:European carnivorous mammal referable to the Viverridae or See also:family of civets, but also taken to include several allied See also:species from See also:Africa. The true genet (Genetta vulgaris or Genetta genetta) occurs throughout the south of See also:Europe and in See also:Palestine, as well as See also:North Africa. The See also:fur is of a dark-See also:grey See also:colour, thickly spotted with See also:black, and having a dark streak along the back, while the tail, which is nearly as See also:long as the The Genet (Genetta vulgaris). See also:body, is ringed with black and See also:white. The genet is rare in the south of-See also:France, but commoner in See also:Spain, where it frequents the See also: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 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 for destroying mice and other See also:vermin.

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