斑林狸头骨外部特征的骨骼学初步观察
Preliminary exterior skull osteology of Prionodon pardicolor
摘要
Abstract
Linsangs(Prionodon Horsfield,1822)are small,arboreal feliform carnivorans that live in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia and southern China.Several lines of morphological evidence from the soft tissues,dentition,and basicranium support their placement in either Prionodontinae or Viverrinae of Viverridae.However,molecular evidence has not only excluded the linsangs from Viverridae but also established that they constitute a monogeneric family Prionodontidae sister to Felidae.For that reason,the examination of the skull osteology of linsangs and related taxa is necessary to better understand how morphological and molecular data-particularly morphology-have contributed to the reconstruction of the Feliformia phylogeny.During the summer field season in July of 2020,we stumbled across the carcass of a spotted linsang(P.pardicolor)in a karst cave on the outskirts of Chongzuo City.To contribute to the knowledge about the morphology of this enigmatic feliform carnivoran,we present a preliminary description of the exterior skull osteology of P.pardicolor.The craniodental morphology provides strong evidence for a closer phylogenetic relationship between P.pardicolor and Viverrinae.However,since both morphological and molecular approaches have inherent limitations,caution is urged when inferring feliform phylogeny based on either discipline alone.关键词
崇左/现代/林狸科/猫型亚目/头骨/形态学/趋同演化Key words
Chongzuo/modern/Prionodontidae/Feliformia/skull/morphology/convergent evolution分类
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王一朵,潘越,张颖奇..斑林狸头骨外部特征的骨骼学初步观察[J].古脊椎动物学报（中英文）,2026,64(1):74-99,26.基金项目
科技基础资源调查专项(编号:2023YF100905)和中国科学院战略性先导科技专项(B类)(编号:XDB26000000)资助. This work is supported by the Science&Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China(No.2023YF100905)and the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB26000000).We thank Prof.MAO Fang-Yuan(IVPP)and Dr.LIU Wen-Hui(National Museum of China)for their valuable feedback.We also acknowledge the National Animal Collection Resource Center,Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences for providing access to extant viverrid specimens.Finally,we sincerely thank Dr.JIANGZUO Qi-Gao and an anonymous reviewer for their insightful and constructive comments,which greatly improved the manuscript. （编号:2023YF100905）
