Mammals of the WorldSpotted Linsang
Prionodon pardicolor
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Prionodontidae
- Genus
- Prionodon
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Nepal|India|Bhutan|China|Myanmar|Thailand|Laos|Vietnam|Cambodia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Size
- Head and body 36–38cm; tail 30–33cm
- Weight
- About 0.45kg
- Diet
- Rodents, frogs and snakes; also carcasses
- Habitat
- Tree-dwelling; hunts on the ground and in trees
- Range
- Eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Assam and Bengal in India, Bhutan, and on to northern Southeast Asia and southern China
The spotted linsang is a slender tree-dwelling carnivore with a long body, short limbs, an elongated neck and head, and a long tail. The ground colour ranges from dusky brown to light buff. Two long stripes run from behind the ears to the shoulders or beyond, two shorter stripes run along the neck, and three to four rows of spots mark the back, becoming smaller towards the belly. It weighs about 0.45 kg (Wikipedia, general species account).
Its range includes eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Assam and Bengal in India, Bhutan, north-eastern Myanmar, northern Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam and southern China. It is nocturnal, solitary and at least partly arboreal, hunting both on the ground and in trees, and feeds on rodents, frogs and snakes. It has also been seen feeding on a carcass. It is widely, though usually sparsely, recorded.
Description: Wildlife of Vietnam guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)