Binturong

In 2002, an Asian bearcat known as a binturong showed up on an unsuspecting homeowner's front porch after fleeing his Beaver County owner, who had bought him as a baby -- illegally, it turned out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Roe noted that the agency also has received reports of other exotic animals being found throughout Pennsylvania, such as a binturong found on a Beaver County family's porch in 2002; an African serval, resembling a small cheetah, which had been illegally possessed and escaped from its Pittsburgh owner several times before being confiscated in 2001; and two wallabies that escaped from their owners in Ambler in 2001. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Other notable mammals include carnivores, such as leopard Panthera pardus, wild dog or dhole Cuon alpinus (VU), leopard cat Felis bengalensis, fishing cat F. viverrina (LR), Javan mongoose Herpestes javanicus and several civets, including binturong Arctictis binturong. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Palawan binturong is hunted for meat and as pets, and the pangolin is hunted for its hide. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Five endemic mammal species are considered vulnerable, including Acerodon leucotis, the Palawan treeshrew (Tupaia palawanensis), the Palawan stink badger (Mydaus marchei), the Palawan binturong (Arctictis binturong whitei), and a Sunda tree squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Other mammals include binturong Arctictis binturong, anteater Manis javanicus, oriental small-clawed otter Amblonyx cinerea, palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, oriental civet Viverra tangalunga and crab eating macaque Maccaca fasicularis. ❋ Unknown (2008)

HANNA: But the binturong, Larry, is in the mongoose family. ❋ Unknown (2006)

HANNA: Right, Larry, this is a binturong from Asia. ❋ Unknown (2005)

KING: Next is a binturong, nicknamed the bearcat, although he's not a bear and he's not a cat. ❋ Unknown (2005)

CORWIN: What is so cool about the binturong is that this guy is arboreal. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Something like a binturong would not make a good pet. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The zoologists collated data about binturong reproduction from forty seven zoos around the world and observed captive animals over several years at Front Royal, Virginia's Conservation and Research Center. ❋ Brian Switek (2012)

Just remember, should you catch a waft of popcorn at the zoo, you may be catching a hint of binturong on the air. ❋ Brian Switek (2012)

Copulatory behavior and reproduction in the binturong ❋ Brian Switek (2012)

You might leave a business card; a binturong drags their ass over whatever it is they want to carry their message. ❋ Brian Switek (2012)

We can't read what these scent signals mean - thank heavens for that - but, to a male binturong, the odors carry essential information about the female's reproductive cycle. ❋ Brian Switek (2012)

Story's paper was an effort to set naturalists straight on binturong anal glands. ❋ Brian Switek (2012)

Twelve other carnivore species were also recorded in the Kakati survey, among them the endangered dhole (Asiatic Wild Dog), the Malayan sun bear, binturong, mongoose, otter and civets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[I have never] been wrong, or “I love binturong” [butt sex] with [a bear] cat. ❋ Alaina T. Binturong (2021)

[Omg] look there’s a [binturong] in that [tree] ❋ Animalgirl55 (2022)