African Linsang

African Linsang[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Viverridae
Genus: Poiana
Species: P. richardsonii
Binomial name
Poiana richardsonii
Thomson, 1842
African Linsang range

The African Linsang (Poiana richardsonii) is a species of linsang in the family Viverridae.[1] It is endemic to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo.[1] The African linsang is a largely arboreal creature. An omnivore, it eats insects and young birds as well as fruits, nuts, and other vegetation. Although its breeding habits are largely unknown, it is thought that it gives birth to two or three young annually or semiannually.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wozencraft, W. Christopher (16 November 2005). "Order Carnivora (pp. 532-628)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000414. 
  2. ^ Van Rompaey, H., Gaubert, P. & Hoffmann, M. (2008). Poiana richardsonii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  3. ^ Whitfield, Philip, ed (1984). Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia. Macmillan Publishing Company. p. 92. ISBN 0-02-627680-1.