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Definition of Linsangs

Linsang
Linsang Lin*sang" (l[i^]n*s[aum]ng"), n. (Zo["o]l.) Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P. gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots.

Meaning of Linsangs from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- Poiana. The name linsang is from Javanese linsang or wlinsang, which used to be wrongly translated as "otter" in English dictionaries. Linsangs are nocturnal...
- The Asiatic linsangs (Prionodon) are not, as was traditionally thought, members of the Viverridae (which does include the African linsangs), and may instead...
- 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....
- African oyan (Poiana richardsonii), also called Central African linsang, is a linsang species native to Central Africa. The Central African oyan's body...
- 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...
- family Felidae is strongly supported, and it was proposed that the Asiatic linsangs be placed in the monogeneric family Prionodontidae. The phylogenetic relationships...
- 6 to 35 million years ago into several families. The Felidae and the Asiatic linsangs are considered a sister group, which split about 35.2 to 31.9 million years...