What is Binturong?
{{Taxobox | name = Binturong | status = VU | status_system = iucn3.1 | image = Binturong in Overloon.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Carnivora]] | familia = [[Viverridae]] | subfamilia = [[Paradoxurinae]] | genus = '''''Arctictis''''' | genus_authority = [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1824 | species = '''''A. binturong''''' | binomial = ''Arctictis binturong'' | binomial_authority = ([[Thomas Stamford Raffles|Raffles]], 1821) }} A '''binturong''' (''Arctictis binturong'') is a large, rare mammal that lives in trees in the dense forests of southeast [[Asia]]. The binturong is also often called a '''bearcat''' because it looks like both a [[bear]] and a [[cat]].<ref>{{IUCN2008|assessors=Mustelid Specialist Group|year=2008|id=41690|title=Arctictis binturong|downloaded=2008-10-15}}</ref> == Description == Binturongs have thick, black fur, a long, muscular tail, and long, stiff, white whiskers. They use their prehensile tail almost like another [[hand]]; young binturongs can even hang by their [[tail]]. Binturongs grow to be up to about 5 feet (1.5 m) long. Like other [[civet]]s, the binturongs use scent marks to communicate with other binturongs. In captivity, binturongs live for about 30 years. == Diet == Binturongs eat [[fruit]] and small animals that they find using their sense of smell to find food. They hunt for food at night - they are nocturnal. ==Related pages== *[[Mammal]] == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Viverrids]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]] {{biology-stub}}