RT - Journal Article T1 - Photographic evidence of the Spotted linsang Prionodon pardicolor (Mammalia: Carnivora: Prionodontidae) from the Tashigang Forest Division, Eastern Bhutan JF - lu-jad YR - 2022 JO - lu-jad VO - 4 IS - 2 UR - http://jad.lu.ac.ir/article-1-180-en.html SP - 115 EP - 120 K1 - Camera trapping K1 - small carnivore K1 - threatened species AB - A rarely recorded small carnivore, the Spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor), is among Asia’s least studied members of the family Prionodontidae. We report the first photographic evidence of its presence from the Tashigang Forest Division of eastern Bhutan. A non-invasive camera trap survey during the nationwide tiger survey in 2014–2015 and an opportunistic wildlife monitoring exercise in 2020 photo trapped the species on two independent occasions. On the first occasion the individual was recorded at the altitude of 2,308 m a.s.l. and the later at 2,952 m a.s.l. The main threats to the species in the region are not currently well known, highlighting the importance of additional studies to ascertain its distribution and status in the Tashigang Forest Division. LA eng UL http://jad.lu.ac.ir/article-1-180-en.html M3 10.52547/JAD.2022.4.2.7 ER -