GENET, a south European carnivorous mammal referable to the Viverridae or family of civets, but also taken to include several allied species from Africa. The true genet (Genetta genetta) occurs throughout the south of Europe and in Palestine, as well as North Africa. The fur is of a dark-grey colour, thickly spotted with black, and having a dark streak along the back, while the tail, which is nearly as long as the body, is ringed with black and white. It frequents the banks of streams and feeds on small mam mals and birds. It differs from the true civets in that the anal pouch is a mere depression and contains only a faint trace of the characteristic odour of the former.