| 释义 |
linsang|ˈlɪnsæŋ|
[a. Javanese linsang, wlinsang, wrongly rendered ‘otter’ in Dicts.]
A civet-like mammal of the genus Prionodon, which includes P. pardicolor of south-east Asia and P. linsang, found in this region and Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. A related African species is the Guinea Linsang, Poiana richardsoni.
1821T. Hardwicke in Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 236 Viverra? Linsang... The general colour of the animal is a yellowish white. 1885Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 438 The Linsang (Prionodon gracilis) of the Malayan regions..is white, with broad, black cross bands. It occurs in Borneo, Java, and Singapore... The Guinea Linsang..ranges from Sierra Leone to Fernando Po. 1893Lydekker Roy. Nat. Hist. I. 456 The Asiatic linsangs..constitute the genus Linsang. The one African linsang..has been made the type of a separate genus—Poiana. 1969Ld. Medway Wild Mammals Malaya 91/1 Banded linsang... Prionodon linsang... In Malaya widespread on the mainland at all elevations but nowhere common. |