African linsang

The African linsang or oyan are two species in the genus Poiana.^[3] They are viverrids in the mammalian subfamily Viverrinae.

Central African oyan
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Viverridae
Genus:	Poiana
Species:	P. richardsonii[2]
Binomial name
Poiana richardsonii[2] Thomson, 1842
Central African oyan range

DNA analysis showed that these African linsangs (Poiana) are true viverrids closely related to the genets.^[4]