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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species mostly occurs in well-watered zones in wooded or dense habitats such as fynbos, forests and bushclumps in the Western and Eastern Cape, and pine plantations and urban areas in Kwa-Zulu Natal (Rowe-Rowe 1992, C. Widdows pers. comm. 2013). Sometimes it can be found in exotic scrub as well as open grasslands during foraging activities (Stuart 1981).
Range:
Cape Genet is endemic to South Africa and Lesotho, in higher rainfall areas from the Western Cape to southern KwaZulu-Natal, south of 32ºS, and to the neighbouring Lesotho border (Gaubert 2013).
Conservation:
They are present in several protected areas throughout their range, such as Table Mountain, Garden Route, and Addo Elephant National Parks (www.sanparks.org), Great Fish River River Complex (E. Do Linh San pers. obs. 2010) and Dwesa–Cwebe Wildlife Reserve (Roberts et al. 2007). Animals from Hluhluwe-Imfolozi G. R. are Central African Large-spotted Genets G. maculata (P. Gaubert pers. obs. 2014).