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Brief description and photos.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umic...mmalia/carnivora/viverridae.html
All about binturongs, or bearcats, from the tropics of southeast Asia. Pictures and information by Galen Berry.
http://members.aol.com/GBearcat/binturongs
Brief article provides facts on physical characteristics, distribution, and behavior.
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The Binturong The binturong is an arboreal animal, meaning it lives in the trees. Binturongs have black fur and can weigh 30 to 40 pounds. From head to tail they are 46 to 73 inches long, but their body length is only...Fact sheet with photo and range map. From Lioncrusher's Domain.
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Lioncrusher's Domain Binturong (Arctictis binturong) facts and pictures The binturong lives in dense forests ranging across the following Asian countries: India, Indochina, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka, the Rhio Archipelago, Java, Borneo, and Palawan. Physical Appearance The binturong can reach body lengths ranging from. Their weight usually...Photograph and brief article by the Carnivore Preservation Trust.
http://www.cptigers.org/animals/binturong/binturong.html
Detailed article about Arctictis binturong, or Asian Bearcat, by Mindy Stinner.
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Animals for Awareness Binturong Care Sheet This family is believed to have split off from the other Old World cat-type viverravines during the Ogliocene, a little more than 30 million years ago. They have the common viverrid characteristics of pouches for scent-marking (the perineal gland, located...Brief account of the biology of the Fossa of Madagascar.
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ADW: Cryptoprocta ferox: Information The fossa inhabits the whole of the island of Madagascar, except for the central highlands (Nowak 1999 Biogeographic Regions: ethiopian (native Habitat The fossa inhabits all forested areas on the island of Madagascar. It ranges from coastal lowlands to mountainous...