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Banded Linsang
Prionodon linsang
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Prionodontidae
- Genus
- Prionodon
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Myanmar|Thailand|Malaysia|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Size
- Head and body 35–41.1cm; tail up to 36.2cm
- Weight
- About 700g
- Habitat
- Forest; tree-dwelling
- Range
- Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bangka and Belitung
The banded linsang is a tree-dwelling carnivorous mammal native to the Sundaic region of Southeast Asia. It is pale yellow with broad stripes on its neck and five dark bands on the body; the tail has seven to eight dark bands and a dark tip, and the sharp claws are retractile. Head and body length is 35–41.1 cm, the tail up to 36.2 cm, and the average weight about 700 g (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)