Asiatic linsang

Asiatic linsang
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Present
Banded linsang (Prionodon linsang) and spotted linsang (P. pardicolor)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Gray, 1864[2]
Family: Prionodontidae
Gray, 1864[2]
Genus: Prionodon
Horsfield, 1822[1]
Type species
Prionodon gracilis[3]
Species

The Asiatic linsang (Prionodon) is a genus comprising two species native to Southeast Asia: the banded linsang (Prionodon linsang) and the spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor).[4][5] Prionodon is considered a sister taxon of the Felidae.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Horsfield was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  4. ^ Pocock, R. I. (1939). "Genus Prionodon Horsfield". The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Mammalia. – Volume 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 334–342.
  5. ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Genus Prionodon". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 553. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  6. ^ Barycka, E. (2007). "Evolution and systematics of the feliform Carnivora". Mammalian Biology. 72 (5): 257–282. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2006.10.011.