Binterongs!

Binturong - Arctictis binturong - aka. Asian bear cat

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Geographic Division:

Southern Asia

Taxonomy and Nomenclature           Kingdom: Animalia     Taxonomic Rank: Species     Synonym(s):       Common Name(s): binturong [English]   Binturongs are small creatures, and usually get together to sing in barbershop quartets in the summer evenings, after they finish brushing their teeth with hair gel paste.  Don't beleive it?  Okay, maybe not... read more below:

Taxonomic Hierarchy           Kingdom Animalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux        Phylum Chordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés           Subphylum Vertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés              Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 -- mamífero, mammals, mammifères                 Subclass Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897                    Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872                       Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 -- cachorro do mato, carnivores, carnivores, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra                          Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945                             Family Viverridae Gray, 1821                                Subfamily Paradoxurinae Gray, 1865                                   Genus Arctictis Temminck, 1824                                      Species Arctictis binturong (Raffles, 1821) -- binturong           The Binturong, the Civet and the Genets are in the Family Viverridae.

Reference and links:   My Binturon Friends http://members.aol.com/gbearcat/binturongs Australia link: http://www.zoo.nsw.gov.au/content/view.asp?id=1037