The Large-spotted genet, to my mind, is the most elegant of our nocturnal creatures. We’re alerted to their presence when they trip the night beams on the patio as they hunt through the flower beds. Usually they are solitary creatures, but on the odd occasion three at a time have called by. Their sleek, elongated bodies are offset by an extraordinarily long banded tail. It’s quite a feature – like a mobile rudder, finely-tuned to slipstream through the heavy wind gusts. 
They prey on insects, invertebrates, rodents, and i suspect they’re responsible for keeping the field mice population down in our area.
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A very cool looking cat. Thank you for the photo.
Thanks John Coyote … yes cool it is!
What a beautiful animal! It’s so cool that through you, I can see things on the other side of the world that I never knew a thing about.
Thanks Ms Kris…. this is the wonderful part about blogging, there you are opening a door to life in Panama.. it’s can become quite addictive, learning about far-off places.
I echo the sentiment above – what a wonderfully elegant creature I knew nothing about. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the comments 🙂 John. Seems we’re both cat lovers!
For quite some time during the winter we had one living in our roof – we live across a river
Wonderful, rodent protection! i believe they can become quite tame. One of my neighbours had regular visits from one which would muscle in on her cat’s food …. got quite familiar with home comforts.
What an extraordinary creature – I never even heard of it before. And it’s a cat?! Looks like a member of the weasel family, or a ringtail, aka “Miner’s cat,” which is a member of the raccoon family. Beautiful.
They fall under the suborder of Feliforms. Also in the family group are civet, linsangs, fossa and mongooses. Bit of an odd grouping, although i agree they look more weaselly, with their pointed faces.