Spotted linsang
Spotted linsang
Temporal Range: Middle Miocene-Present | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Prionodontidae |
Genus: | Prionodon |
Species: | P. pardicolor[1]
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Binomial name | |
Prionodon pardicolor[1] Hodgson, 1842
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Spotted linsang range |
The spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) is a
Characteristics
The spotted linsang resembles the banded linsang in its long, slender body, short limbs, elongated neck and head, and long tail. The ground colour ranges from dusky brown to light buff. Two long stripes extend from behind the ears to the shoulders or beyond, and two shorter stripes run along the neck. Three to four longitudinal rows of spots adorn the back, their size decreasing towards the belly. The fore legs are spotted to the paw, the hind legs to the hock. The cylindrical tail has eight or nine broad dark rings, separated by narrow white rings. The feet have five digits, and the area between the pads is covered with hair. The claws are retractile, claw sheaths are present on the fore paws, but the hind-paws have protective lobes of skin.[3] It weighs about 0.45 kg (1 lb) and measures in length about 360–380 mm (14–15 in) with a 30–33 cm (12–13 in) long tail. Its height is about 13–14 cm (5–5.5 in), the girth of its chest 14.6 cm (5.75 in), and length of head to the
Distribution and habitat
The range of the spotted linsang includes eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Assam and Bengal in India, Bhutan, northeastern Myanmar, northern Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam, and western Sichuan, Yunnan Guizhou and southwestern Guangxi in southern China. It is uncommon to rare throughout this range.[3]
It is rarely observed in northern Bengal.
Ecology and behaviour
The spotted linsang is
Taxonomy
The Asiatic linsangs (Prionodon) are not, as was traditionally thought, members of the
References
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- ^ a b c Van Rompaey, H. (1995). The Spotted Linsang, Prionodon pardicolor. Small Carnivore Conservation 13: 10–13.
- ^ a b Hodgson, B. H. (1847). "Observations on the manners and structure of Prionodon pardicolor". Calcutta Journal of Natural History. 8: 40–45.
- ^ Choudhury, A. U. (1999). "Conservation of small carnivores (mustelids, viverrids, herpestids and one ailurid) in north Bengal, India". Small Carnivore Conservation (20): 15–17.
- S2CID 17396993.
- ^ a b Chua, M. A. H. & Lim, K. K. P. (2017). "Spotted Linsang Prionodon pardicolor at Nam Et - Phou Louey National Biodiversity Conservation Area, Lao" (PDF). Southeast Asia Vertebrate Records (2017): 5–6.
- ^ Gaubert, P.; Veron, G. (2003). "Exhaustive sample set among Viverridae reveals the sister-group of felids: the linsangs as a case of extreme morphological convergence within Feliformia" (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-03-02. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
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