#linsangs

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@wartwing the OP of this post has disabled reblogs, but this is a banded linsang (Prionodon linsang)!

Despite sharing their name and superficial appearance with the African viverrids also known as linsangs, genetic analysis in the mid 00s has determined banded linsangs and their closest relatives not to be viverrids at all and, instead, the closest living relatives of all true felids!

[saritawolff]

My first big project for my new Instagram account: SaritaZoo

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The New Natural History. Written by Richard Lydekker. 1901. Illustration by R.E. Holding.

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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Volume 12, Mammals III. Illustration by Helmut Diller.

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Going to the Zoo with Roger Caras. Written by Roger A. Caras. Illustrated by Cyrille R. Gentry. 1973.

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From The Carnivores of West Africa, published in 1974, illustrations by Rita Parsons.

1.) Richardson’s Linsang (Poiana richardsoni)

2.) Two-Spotted Palm Civet (Nandinia binotata)

[thebadgerssett]

Banded linsang (prionodon linsang)