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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 734 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LINSANG , the native name of one of the members of the viverrine genus Linsanga. There are four See also:

species of the genus, from the Indo-See also:Malay countries. Linsangs are See also:civet-like creatures, with the See also:body and tail greatly elongated; and the ground See also:colour fulvous marked with bold See also:black patches, which in one species (L. pardicolor) are oblong. In See also:West See also:Africa the See also:group is represented by the smaller and spotted Poiana richardsoni which has a See also:genet-like See also:hind-See also:foot.

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