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Prionodon

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Also known as Asiatic linsang

genus of mammals

OverviewAI-generated

Prionodon is a taxon at the genus rank. In the WoRMS database, it is listed with an unaccepted status, attributed to Müller & Henle, 1838. This classification places it within the family Carcharhinidae, order Carcharhiniformes, class Elasmobranchii, and phylum Chordata, with a marine habitat.

The iDigBio database associates the name Prionodon with the family prionodontaceae. Records from this source are located in Mexico, Venezuela, Honduras, Jamaica, and Guatemala. The dataset includes 263 records and 114 media items, held by institutions such as IBUNAM, NY, FLAS, CHSC, and OSC.

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Species

Genus

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassElasmobranchii
  3. OrderCarcharhiniformes
  4. FamilyCarcharhinidae
Habitatmarine

林狸属(学名:Prionodon)是食肉目灵猫科的一属,现存2种:[1] 条纹林狸(Prionodon linsang) 斑林狸(Prionodon pardicolor) 参考资料 ^ 中国生物多样性信息中心动物学分部[永久失效連結],2013年5月1日查阅 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=林狸属&oldid=47648820” 分类:靈貓科 隐藏分类: 自2018年1月带有失效链接的条目 条目有永久失效的外部链接 本地相关图片与维基数据相同

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
263
With media
114
Family
Prionodontaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, NY, FLAS, CHSC, OSC, IPA/SP
Recorded in
Mexico, Venezuela, Honduras, Jamaica, Guatemala, Brasil, Ecuador

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Prionodon pardicolor - Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology - DSC02486.JPG
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taxon name
Prionodon
Commons category
Prionodon
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Prionodon
homonymous taxon
Prionodon
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Encyclopedic overview

The Asiatic linsang (Prionodon) is a genus comprising two species native to Southeast Asia: the banded linsang (Prionodon linsang) and the spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor). Prionodon is considered a sister taxon of the Felidae.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prionodon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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