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It’s a binturong! Looking like something Dr. Seuss might have dreamed up, a binturong has a face like a cat's and a body like a bear's, long, shaggy black hair, stiff white whiskers, ... Some, like skunks, use scent to keep predators away. Binturongs have a very distinctive smell—that of buttered popcorn!
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www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-binturong.html
www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-binturong.html
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(Arctictis binturong), catlike carnivore of the civet family (Viverridae), found in dense forests of southern Asia, Indonesia, and Malaysia. It has long, shaggy hair, tufted ears, and a long, bushy, prehensile tail.
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/binturong
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The binturong is also commonly called the Asian bearcat. The binturong is native to the jungles of southeast Asia and is commonly found in countries such as Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. ... The binturong is a large carnivorous mammal that has a long bushy tail and hunts small reptiles, birds and mammals.
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a-z-animals.com/animals/binturong/
a-z-animals.com/animals/binturong/
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various snakes including Royal Pythons, and also some large and friendly predators. Many large mammals such as leopards and apes need miles and miles of territory to roam and have a tough time surviving in the smaller and fragmented habitats they are forced into by humans.
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piotech.wsd.wednet.edu/student/StudentPages/00-01/Aliso...
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Facts about the subfamily Paradoxurinae, the binturong and palm civets ... Sleeping in any other posture would result in their detection by predators during their long sleeping hours during the day, as the palm civets are strictly nocturnal. (Full text)
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thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Carnivora/Vi...
thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Carnivora/Viverridae/Paradoxurinae.html
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The binturong Arctictis binturong, a viverrid, and the yellow ... As a predominantly frugivorous carnivore, binturongs do not have to adjust their activity to prey activity (Zielinski 1988). A consequence of arrhythmic activity was greater exposure to large predators (i.e. tiger Panthera tigris and dhole Cuon alpinus).
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www.wildlifebiology.com/Downloads/Article/489/En/grassm...
www.wildlifebiology.com/Downloads/Article/489/En/grassman%20et%20al.pdf
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How Land Predators Fit In ... LAND PREDATORS IN AFRICA ... LAND PREDATORS IN EUROPE AND ASIA...
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www.ecampus.com/book/0531116271
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Binturongs range in colour from black to brown, and they often have a grey face. Unlike other viverrids, the female binturong weighs up to 20 percent more than the male. ... Animal Predators: Unknown...
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www.wildinfo.net/facts/Binturong.asp
www.wildinfo.net/facts/Binturong.asp
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The Palawan binturong inhabits thick vegetation in the lowland forests of Palawan. It camouflages itself in dense vegetation in the forest canopy to escape predators.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan_Binturong
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan_Binturong
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