African linsang
The African linsang or oyan are two species in the genus Poiana.[3] They are viverrids in the mammalian subfamily Viverrinae.
| Central African oyan | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Viverridae |
| Genus: | Poiana |
| Species: | P. richardsonii[1]
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| Binomial name | |
| Poiana richardsonii[1] Thomson, 1842
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| Central African oyan range | |
DNA analysis showed that these African linsangs (Poiana) are true viverrids closely related to the genets.[4]
References
- ↑ Wozencraft, W. C.. Mammal Species of the World (2005)Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Gaubert, P.. 'Poiana richardsonii'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015 (2015)IUCN. p. e.T41704A45219609. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ↑ Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier (editors): Handbook of the mammals of the world. Lynx Editions, Barcelona, 2009. ISBN 978-84-96553-49-1
- ↑ Gaubert, Philippe and Veron, Geraldine 2013. Exhaustive sample set among Viverridae reveals the sister-group of felids: the linsangs as a case of extreme morphological convergence within Feliformia. The Royal Society.
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