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binturong|ˈbɪntjʊrɒŋ| Also benturong. [Malay.] A prehensile-tailed civet, Arctictis binturong, found in southern Asia.
1822T. S. Raffles in Trans. Linnean Soc. XIII. 253 Intermediate between Viverra and Ursus is an animal called Binturong, found at Malacca by Major Farquhar. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 434/1 The newly discovered forms, the Benturong and the Panda. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 436/1 The Binturong, an inhabitant of southern Asia from Nepal through the Malay peninsula to the islands of Sumatra and Java. 1930Times Educ. Suppl. 16 Aug. iv/2 A female binturong with two young. 1964G. Durrell Menagerie Manor i. 16 The binturong..suggests a badly-made hearth⁓rug, to one end of which has been attached a curiously oriental-like head with long ear-tufts and circular, protuberant and somewhat vacant eyes. |