genet

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q43221
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Summary

genet is a taxon[1]. genet ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,924 views/month, #1,069 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Viverridae[4]
  • Taxon name: Genetta[5]
  • Commons category: Genetta[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Genets (animals)[7]
  • Commons gallery: Genetta[8]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[9], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Taxon common name: żeneta[12]

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Identifiers

genet's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41591[13]. genet's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 94189[14]. genet's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42291[15]. genet's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219341[16]. genet's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621833[17].

Why It Matters

genet has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] genet is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i46687
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02139553-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Viverridae
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2350624
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007562698205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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