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Most Beautiful Endangered Species

Creatures that are on the endangered species list because of the destruction of there natural habitat, needless killing of these beautiful creatures.

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King Genets (Genetta poensis): Ringtails in Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Liberia

Bioko Island belongs to the Central African country called Equatorial Guinea. It counts among the few islands known to host genets. Bioko is where Europeans first met king genets.

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Servaline Genets (Genetta servalina): Ringtails of Central East and West Africa

Genets look like housecats with pointed fox faces, short mongoose limbs, and striped raccoon tails. Their spotted bodies recall leopards. But servaline genets seem more lynx-like.

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Pardine Genets (Genetta pardina): Ringtails of Central Africa West of the Ghanaian Volta River

Pardine genets bite and groom like cats. They have a fox's muzzle, a leopard's spots, and a raccoon's tail. They relate closely to mongeese but smell musky like civets.

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Miombo Genets (Genetta angolensis) of Angola, Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Miombo genets are not native just to Angola. They do not just have spotted bodies and striped tails. They may be all-black and roam Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia.

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Abyssinian Genets (Genetta abyssinica): Ringtails in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan

Some names convey ancientness. For example, Abyssinia anciently includes modern Eritrea’s and Ethiopia’s highlands. It is home to Abyssinian genets, Pharaonic Egypt’s beloved pets.

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Rusty-Spotted Panther Genets (Genetta maculata): Ringtails of Central, Eastern and Southern Africa

Rusty-spotted panther genets are born furry grey. They become spotted if they inherit mini-leopard looks. They turn all-black if they receive mini-panther-like melanistic genes.

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Saiga Antelope: Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

The saiga antelope needs anti-poaching enforcement, captive breeding, and habitat protection in Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

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Malabar Large-Spotted Civets (Viverra civettina): Ringtails of the Western Ghats in India

Malabar large-spotted civets favor southwest India’s coastal lowland and mountain forests. Big spots mark their bodies. Traditional physicians use their aromatic, medicinal musk.

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Owston's Banded Palm Civets (Chrotogale owstoni): Ringtails of China, Laos, and Vietnam

Synthetic substitutes decrease civet musk demand. Severe acute respiratory syndrome ends the civet pet trade. Habitat loss and snare traps now threaten Owston’s banded palm civets.

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Feline Small-Spotted Genets (Genetta felina): Ringtails of Angola, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia

Scientists equate science with change. For example, Pluto’s downsizing to dwarf planet is downward change. Feline genets upgrading to species represents upward mobility.

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Aquatic Fish-Eating Genets (Genetta piscivora): Non-Ringtails in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Non-aquatic genets eat meat and whatever tastes good in their paths. They have spotted bodies and ringed tails. But none of that is true of all-dark, fish-eating aquatic genets.

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Blotched Large-Spotted Cape Genets (Genetta tigrina): Ringtails in Southernmost South Africa

Blotched large-spotted Cape genets call South Africa’s Cape provinces home. Big spots form broken blotches on their flanks. Dark wide and thin pale rings stripe their tails.

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Thierry's Hausa Genets (Genetta thierryi): Ringtails of the Elbow of Western Africa

Abyssinian and Thierry's hausa genets claim old lineages. They alone of genets have bright chins. But hausas inhabit West Africa's Elbow and Abyssinians East Africa's Horn.

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Giant Forest Genets (Genetta victoriae): Ringtails of Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda

Animal names are meant to inform even though they can be misleading. For example, giant forest genets do not look super-huge. They live in both forested savannahs and rainforests.

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