The banded linsang baby dozing on its mother at the Taiping Zoo.
Baby linsang is the cat's whiskers at zoo
Saturday March 10, 2007
Baby linsang is the cat???s whiskers at zoo
BY CHRISTINA KOH
The banded linsang baby dozing on its mother at the Taiping Zoo.
TAIPING: They are tiny and eat rodents, small birds and insects.
The
linsang
is from the civet family, which is related to cats, but there is not much documented information on this nocturnal mammal.
Thus, the birth of a rare banded linsang at the Taiping Zoo has spurred new hopes of studying the elusive animal. It is the first successful birth of a linsang in captivity in Malaysia.
The month-old baby linsang spends most of its time dozing and being weaned by its four-year-old mother. |
