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Species
Least ConcernSpotted Linsang
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyViverridae
Observations19
Observations recorded120
斑林狸（Prionodon pardicolor），又名斑靈狸或東方簑貓，是生活在喜瑪拉雅山中部及東部的麝貓。牠們身體短小，呈淺色，頭部尖長，四肢細小。由於牠們會咬著獵物的腹部來拖行獵物，故有時被誤會為蟒蛇或其他大型的有毒蛇。牠們主要吃昆蟲、鳥類及細小的哺乳動物。 分布于锡金、不丹、印度、尼泊尔以及中国大陆的贵州、广东、云南、四川、广西（西南部）等地，多见于海拔2000米以下的阔叶林林缘灌丛以及亚热带稀树灌丛或高草丛附近。该物种的模式产地在尼泊尔。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Viverridae
- Collections
- USNM, UAM, AMNH, FMNH, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, India, Vietnam, Inde, Chine, Laos
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Encyclopedic overview
The spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) is a linsang, a tree-dwelling carnivorous mammal, native to much of Southeast Asia. It is widely, though usually sparsely, recorded, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prionodon pardicolor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.