| Genus | Species | IUCN Red List status and distribution |
|---|
| GenettaCuvier, 1816[1] | Common genet (G. genetta)(Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
 | LC[3]
 |
Cape genet (G. tigrina)(Schreber, 1778)[4]
 | LC[5]
 |
| South African small-spotted genet (G. felina)(Thunberg, 1811)[6] |
Rusty-spotted genet (G. maculata)(Gray, 1828)[7]
 | LC[8]
 |
Pardine genet (G. pardina)Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832[9]
 | LC[10]
 |
Abyssinian genet (G. abyssinica)(Rüppell, 1835)[11]
 | DD[12]
 |
King genet (G. poensis)Waterhouse, 1838[13]
| DD[14]
 |
Servaline genet (G. servalina)Pucheran, 1855
 | LC[15]
 |
Angolan genet (G. angolensis)Bocage, 1882
 | LC[16]
 |
Giant forest genet (G. victoriae)Thomas, 1901[17]
 | LC[18]
 |
Hausa genet (G. thierryi)Matschie, 1902[19]
 | LC[20]
 |
| Letaba genet (G. letabae)Thomas and Schwann, 1906[21] |
| Johnston's genet (G. johnstoni)(Pocock, 1908) | NT[22]
 |
Aquatic genet (G. piscivora)(Allen, 1919)[23]
 | NT[24]
 |
Crested servaline genet (G. cristata)Hayman, 1940
 | VU[25]
 |
| Schouteden's genet (G. schoutedeni)Crawford-Cabral, 1970 |
| Bourlon's genet (G. bourloni)Gaubert, 2003[26] | VU[27]
 |
| PoianaGray, 1864[28] | Central African oyan (P. richardsonii)(Thomson, 1842)[29]
 | LC[30]
 |
| West African oyan (P. leightoni)(Pocock, 1907)[31] | VU[32]
 |