Banded Linsang

Banded Linsang

Taxobox
name = Banded LinsangMSW3 Wozencraft | id=14000369]


status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Mustelid Specialist Group | year = 1996 | title = Prionodon linsang | id = 41705 | downloaded = 2007-03-26]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Viverridae
genus = "Prionodon"
species = "P. linsang"
binomial = "Prionodon linsang"
binomial_authority = (Hardwicke, 1821)

The Banded Linsang ("Prionodon linsang") is a linsang of Western Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Thailand, and Indonesia.

Description

The Banded Linsang is around 74 cm long including the tail. It is a pale yellow with 5 dark bands. It has broad stripes on its neck and its tail consists of several dark bands with a dark tip. The Banded Linsang has very sharp retractable claws and razor sharp teeth. It is the rarest of the civets, and is sometimes called the tiger-civet.

Diet

The Banded Linsang is omnivorous. Its diet consists of squirrels, rats, birds, and lizards.

Reproduction

Very little is known about this linsangs reproduction.

Habitat

The Banded Linsang lives in Western Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Thailand, and Indonesia. It lives in tropical forests and spend the majority of its time in trees.

References


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