Banded linsangs are creatures that have commonly been referred to as civets, but both linsang species from Asia are actually a sister group with felids. They are the closest thing to a cat that isn’t a cat.
This depiction was made by John Curtis, who never saw one alive. The only one he ever saw a specimen collected on the Malay Peninsula by Major-General William Farquhar.
The real animal is actually quite a bit more stunning.
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Looks rather like a civet-mongoose blend. .
Umm….aren’t civets cats???
They are Feliforms, but they aren’t Felids.
A cat as seen thought the eyes of El Greco.