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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'').〔Pocock, R. I. (1939). (The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. – Volume 1'' ). Taylor and Francis, London. Pages 334–342.〕 ''Prionodon'' is considered basal to the Feliformia and a sister taxon of the Felidae.〔Barycka, E. (2007). ''Evolution and systematics of the feliform Carnivora.'' Mammalian Biology 72: 257–282.〕 == Taxonomic history == ''Prionodon'' was denominated and first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1822, based on a linsang from Java. He placed the genus under Prionodontidae, because of similarities to both genera ''Viverra'' and ''Felis''.〔Horsfield, T. (1822). (''Illustration of'' Felis gracilis ) in (''Zoological researches in Java, and the neighboring islands'' ). Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen, London.〕 In 1864, John Edward Gray nominated the subfamily Prionodontinae, to which he subordinated the genera ''Prionodon'' and ''Poiana''.〔Gray, J. E. (1864). (''A revision of the genera and species of viverrine animals (Viverridae), founded on the collection in the British Museum'' ). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1864: 502–579.〕 Reginald Innes Pocock initially followed Gray’s classification, but the existence of scent glands in ''Poiana'' induced him provisionally to regard the latter as a specialized form of ''Genetta'', its likeness to ''Prionodon'' being possibly adaptive.〔Pocock, R. I. (1939). (The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. – Volume 1'' ). Taylor and Francis, London. Pages 334–342.〕 DNA analysis based on 29 species of Carnivora, comprising 13 species of Viverrinae and three species representing ''Paradoxurus'', ''Paguma'' and Hemigalinae, confirmed Pocock's assumption that the African linsang ''Poiana'' represents the sister-group of the genus ''Genetta''. The placement of ''Prionodon'' as the sister-group of the family Felidae is strongly supported, and it was proposed that the Asiatic linsangs be placed in the monogeneric family Prionodontidae.〔Gaubert, P. and 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, Series B, 270 (1532): 2523–2530. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asiatic linsang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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