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Arctictis binturong (Binturong)

Synonyms: Ictides albifrons; Ictides ater; Paradoxurus albifrons; Viverra binturong

Wikipedia Abstract

The binturong (/bɪnˈtuːrɒŋ/ bin-TOO-rong) (Arctictis binturong), also known as bearcat, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is uncommon in much of its range, and has been assessed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because of a declining population trend that is estimated at more than 30% over the last three decades. Thomas Stamford Raffles first described a specimen from Malacca.In Riau, Indonesia it was known as tenturun. The binturong is a monotypic genus. Its genus name Arctictis means ‘bear-weasel’, from Greek arkt- ‘bear’ + iktis ‘weasel’.
View Wikipedia Record: Arctictis binturong

Infraspecies

Arctictis binturong albifrons (Binturong)
Arctictis binturong binturong (Binturong)
Arctictis binturong kerkhoveni
Arctictis binturong menglaensis
Arctictis binturong penicillatus (Binturong)
Arctictis binturong whitei

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Arctictis binturong

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
50
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 12.5
EDGE Score: 3.99
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  27.007 lbs (12.25 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  318 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore, Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Endothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Fish [2]  30 %
Diet - Fruit [2]  30 %
Diet - Plants [2]  20 %
Diet - Scavenger [2]  10 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  2 years 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  2 years 3 months
Gestation [1]  3 months 2 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  27 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  35 inches (88 cm)
Weaning [1]  79 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No
Mountains of Southwest China China, Myanmar No
Philippines Philippines No
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0