Prionodon pardicolor

Hodgson, 1841

Spotted Linsang

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Feloidea
Family : Prionodontidae
Genus : Prionodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hodgson, B.H. 1841. On a new Species of _Prionodon. P. Pardicolor_ nobis. Calcutta Journal of Natural History 2:57-60.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126813

Original name as described

Prionodon pardicolor

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.10

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/037933b1-1e5c-42b1-9713-ca3a963048b4

Type locality

"Sikim... Sub-Hemalayan mountains". [Sikkim, India].

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Nepal · India · Bhutan · China · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Viverridae to Prionodontidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Gaubert, P., & Veron, G. (2003). Exhaustive sample set among Viverridae reveals the sister-group of felids: the linsangs as a case of extreme morphological convergence within Feliformia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 270(1532), 2523-2530.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006026

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Prionodon pardicolor

Hodgson, 1841

Family

Prionodontidae

Root name

pardicolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.10

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/037933b1-1e5c-42b1-9713-ca3a963048b4

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126813

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41706/45219917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pardictis pardicolor presina

(O. Thomas, 1925)

Family

Prionodontidae

Root name

presinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.1.33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/74c61c19-5fb6-4bcc-b7c1-c49ccc8ec67a

Authority page

499

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Prionodon pardicolor pardicolor

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Prionodontidae

Root name

pardicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Prionodon pardicolor presina

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Prionodontidae

Root name

presina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverra perdicator

(H. R. Schinz, 1844)

Family

Prionodontidae

Root name

perdicator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

366

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Prionodon pardochrous

J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Prionodontidae

Root name

pardochrous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

4

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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