- Look up
linsang or
linsangs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
linsangs are four
species of tree-dwelling
carnivorous mammals. The name of
these species...
- the
skeletal anatomy of
Asiatic linsangs are said to be a
mosaic of
features of
other viverrine-like mammals, as
linsangs share cranial,
postcranial and...
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suggested that the
Asiatic linsangs are a sister-group of the cat family, Felidae. It has been
proposed that the
Asiatic linsangs be
placed in the monogeneric...
- The
Asiatic linsangs (Prionodon) are not, as was
traditionally thought,
members of the
Viverridae (which does
include the
African linsangs), and may instead...
- Poiana. The name
linsang is from
Javanese linsang or wlinsang,
which used to be
wrongly translated as "otter" in
English dictionaries.
Linsangs are nocturnal...
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larger males weighing up to 5 kg (11 lb).
Family Prionodontidae (Asiatic
linsangs) has two
extant species in one genus. They live in Southern-East Asia....
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African oyan (Poiana richardsonii), also
called Central African linsang, is a
linsang species native to
Central Africa. The
Central African oyan's body...
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African oyan (Poiana leightoni), also
known as the West
African linsang, is a
linsang species native to the
Upper Guinean forests in West Africa. It is...
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family Felidae is
strongly supported, and it was
proposed that the
Asiatic linsangs be
placed in the
monogeneric family Prionodontidae. The
phylogenetic relationships...
- "Exhaustive
sample set
among Viverridae reveals the sister-group of felids: the
linsangs as a case of
extreme morphological convergence within Feliformia". Proceedings...
