| Spotted Linsang[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Critically Endangered (FWS3.1)[2]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Viverridae |
| Genus: | Prionodon |
| Species: | P. pardicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Prionodon pardicolor Hodgson, 1842 |
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The Spotted Linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) is a linsang found in the forests of the central and eastern Himalaya. It is short, light coloured, and has a slender body with a pointed head and small limbs. It stalks its prey by crawling on its belly, when it is often mistaken for a python or other heavy-built poisonous snakes due to its slender appearance. It feasts on insects,squirels,lizards, birds and small mammal.It weighs less than 35 ounces.
References
- ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000373.
- ^ Duckworth, J.W., Timmins, R.J., Wozencraft, C., Choudhury, A., Roberton, S. & Lau, M.W.N. (2008). Prionodon pardicolor. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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