Editing Asiatic linsang (section)

====With Felidae (molecular)====
[[DNA analysis]] based on 29 species of [[Carnivora]], comprising 13 species of [[Viverrinae]] and three species representing ''[[Paradoxurus]]'', ''[[Paguma]]'' and [[Hemigalinae]], confirmed Pocock's assumption that the African linsang ''Poiana'' represents the sister-group of the genus ''Genetta''. The placement of ''Prionodon'' as the sister-group of the family [[Felidae]] is strongly supported, and it was proposed that the Asiatic linsangs be placed in the [[monogeneric]] family Prionodontidae.<ref name="rspb2003">Gaubert, P. and Veron, G. (2003). [http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/270/1532/2523.full.pdf "Exhaustive sample set among Viverridae reveals the sister-group of felids: the linsangs as a case of extreme morphological convergence within Feliformia"]. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 270 (1532): 2523–2530. {{doi|10.1098/rspb.2003.2521}}</ref> There is a physical [[synapomorphy]] shared between felids and ''Prionodon'' in the presence of the specialized fused sacral vertebrae.<ref name="HMW2009"/>