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Index Binturong

The binturong (Arctictis binturong), also known as the bearcat, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 125 relations: Alfred Duvaucel, Animal, Animal communication, Apple, Aquatic animal, Arboreal locomotion, Assam, Baculum, Banana, Bangka Island, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Binomial nomenclature, Bird, Borneo, Cachar district, Cambodia, Camera trap, Captivity (animal), China, CITES, Clade, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Comfort behaviour in animals, Crepuscular animal, Deforestation, Dima Hasao district, Earthworm, Egg, Environmental degradation, Ernst Schwarz (zoologist), Estrous cycle, Fertility, Ficus, Fig, Fossorial, Fowl, Frédéric Cuvier, Genetic diversity, Gestation, Gnetum, Hailakandi district, Hukawng Valley, India, Indonesia, Insect, IUCN Red List, Jahai people, Java, Joel Asaph Allen, ... Expand index (75 more) »

  2. Carnivorans of Asia
  3. Carnivorans of Borneo
  4. Carnivorans of Malaysia
  5. Mammals described in 1821
  6. Taxa named by Thomas Stamford Raffles
  7. Viverrids

Alfred Duvaucel

Alfred Duvaucel (4 February 1793, Bièvres, Essonne – 1824, Madras, India) was a French naturalist and explorer.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Animal communication

Animal communication is the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers) that affects the current or future behavior of the receivers.

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Apple

An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus spp.'', among them the domestic or orchard apple; Malus domestica).

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Aquatic animal

An aquatic animal is any animal, whether vertebrate or invertebrate, that lives in water for all or most of its lifetime.

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Arboreal locomotion

Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.

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Assam

Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.

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Baculum

The baculum (bacula), also known as the penis bone, penile bone, os penis, os genitale, or os priapi, is a bone in the penis of many placental mammals.

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Banana

A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.

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Bangka Island

Bangka is an island lying east of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.

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Bhutan

Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia situated in the Eastern Himalayas between China in the north and India in the south.

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Binomial nomenclature

In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Bird

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Borneo

Borneo (also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of.

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Cachar district

Cachar district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Camera trap

A camera trap is a camera that is automatically triggered by motion in its vicinity, like the presence of an animal or a human being.

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Captivity (animal)

Animal captivity is the confinement of domestic and wild animals.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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CITES

CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.

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Clade

In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.

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Coenraad Jacob Temminck

Coenraad Jacob Temminck (31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch patrician, zoologist and museum director.

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Comfort behaviour in animals

Comfort behaviours in animals are activities that help maintain the pelage, feathers, integuement or musculoskeletal system and increase the physical comfort of the animal.

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Crepuscular animal

In zoology, a crepuscular animal is one that is active primarily during the twilight period, being matutinal, vespertine/vespertinal, or both.

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Deforestation

Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.

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Dima Hasao district

Dima Hasao district, is an administrative district in the state of Assam, India.

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Earthworm

An earthworm is a soil-dwelling terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida.

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Egg

An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.

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Environmental degradation

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as quality of air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution.

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Ernst Schwarz (zoologist)

Ernst Schwarz (1 December 1889 – 23 September 1962) was a German zoologist, mammalogist, and herpetologist.

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Estrous cycle

The estrous cycle (originally) is a set of recurring physiological changes induced by reproductive hormones in females of mammalian subclass Theria.

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Fertility

Fertility in colloquial terms refers the ability to have offspring.

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Ficus

Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.

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Fig

The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together with western and southern Asia.

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Fossorial

A fossorial animal is one that is adapted to digging and which lives primarily (but not solely) underground.

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Fowl

Fowl are birds belonging to one of two biological orders, namely the gamefowl or landfowl (Galliformes) and the waterfowl (Anseriformes).

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Frédéric Cuvier

Georges-Frédéric Cuvier (28 June 1773 – 24 July 1838) was a French zoologist and paleontologist.

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Genetic diversity

Genetic diversity is the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species.

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Gestation

Gestation is the period of development during the carrying of an embryo, and later fetus, inside viviparous animals (the embryo develops within the parent).

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Gnetum

Gnetum is a genus of gymnosperms, the sole genus in the family Gnetaceae within the Gnetophyta.

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Hailakandi district

Hailakandi district is one of the 33 districts of Assam state in north-eastern India.

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Hukawng Valley

The Hukawng Valley (ဟူးကောင်းချိုင့်ဝှမ်း; also spelt Hukaung Valley) is an isolated valley in Myanmar, roughly in area.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Insect

Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.

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IUCN Red List

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.

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Jahai people

The Jahai or Jehai people are an indigenous people (Orang Asli) of the Semang people group found in Perak and Kelantan, Malaysia and parts of Thailand.

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Java

Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.

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Joel Asaph Allen

Joel Asaph Allen (July 19, 1838 – August 29, 1921) was an American zoologist, mammalogist, and ornithologist.

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Kalimantan

Kalimantan is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo.

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Karbi Anglong district

Karbi Anglong district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of Assam.

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Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

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Khao Yai National Park

Khao Yai National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาใหญ่) is a national park in Thailand.

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Kopi luwak

Kopi luwak, also known as civet coffee, is a coffee that consists of partially digested coffee cherries, which have been eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus).

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Kra Isthmus

The Kra Isthmus (คอคอดกระ,; Segenting Kra) in Thailand is the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula.

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Lakhimpur district

Lakhimpur district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India.

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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia.

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Logging

Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport.

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London Zoo

London Zoo, previously known as ZSL London Zoo or London Zoological Gardens and sometimes called Regent's Park Zoo, is the world's oldest scientific zoo.

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Maillard reaction

The Maillard reaction is a chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars to create melanoidins, the compounds which give browned food its distinctive flavor.

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Malacca

Malacca (Melaka), officially the Historic State of Malacca (Melaka Negeri Bersejarah), is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca.

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Malayo-Polynesian languages

The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Manas National Park

Manas National Park is a national park, Project Tiger reserve, and an elephant reserve in Assam, India.

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Marcus Ward Lyon Jr.

Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. (February 5, 1875 – May 19, 1942) was an American mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist.

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Masked palm civet

The masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), also called the gem-faced civet or Himalayan palm civet, is a viverrid species native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Binturong and masked palm civet are Carnivorans of Borneo, Carnivorans of Malaysia, mammals of China, mammals of India and viverrids.

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Mineral (nutrient)

In the context of nutrition, a mineral is a chemical element.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Nias

Nias (Pulau Nias, Nias: Tanö Niha) is an island located off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Oldfield Thomas

Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist.

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Omnivore

An omnivore is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.

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Orang Asli

Orang Asli (lit. "native people", "original people", or "aboriginal people" in Malay) are a heterogeneous indigenous population forming a national minority in Malaysia.

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Orange (fruit)

An orange, also called sweet orange when it is desired to distinguish it from the bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae.

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Overloon

Overloon is a village with 3,626 inhabitants on the outskirts of the Peel region, in the former municipality of Boxmeer, North Brabant.

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Pakke Tiger Reserve

Pakke Tiger Reserve, is a Project Tiger reserve in the East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India.

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Palawan

Palawan, officially the Province of Palawan (Probinsya i'ang Palawan; Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa.

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Palawan (island)

Palawan is the largest island of the province of Palawan in the Philippines and fifth-largest by area and tenth-most populous island of the country, with a total population of 994,101 as of 2020 census.

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Palawan binturong

The Palawan bearcat (Arctictis binturong whitei), also commonly known as the Palawan binturong, is a subspecies of the binturong, a mammal in the family Viverridae. Binturong and Palawan binturong are viverrids.

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Paradoxurus

Paradoxurus is a genus of three palm civets within the viverrid family that was denominated and first described by Frédéric Cuvier in 1822. Binturong and Paradoxurus are viverrids.

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Peach

The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China.

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Penis

A penis (penises or penes) is a male sex organ that is used to inseminate female or hermaphrodite animals during copulation.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Philtrum

The philtrum (philtrum from Ancient Greek phíltron, lit. "love charm") or medial cleft is a vertical indentation in the middle area of the upper lip, common to therian mammals, extending in humans from the nasal septum to the tubercle of the upper lip.

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Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary

Mountain range at Phu Khiao. Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary (or written as Phu Khieo; เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าภูเขียว) is a wildlife sanctuary in Thailand.

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Plantigrade

Portion of a human skeleton, showing plantigrade habit In terrestrial animals, plantigrade locomotion means walking with the toes and metatarsals flat on the ground.

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Popcorn

Popcorn (also called popped corn, popcorns, or pop-corn) is a variety of corn kernel which expands and puffs up when heated; the same names also refer to the foodstuff produced by the expansion.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Prehensile tail

A prehensile tail is the tail of an animal that has adapted to grasp or hold objects.

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Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range

Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range is a protected area in Myanmar's Rakhine Yoma mountains, covering about of evergreen and mixed deciduous forest at an elevation of.

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Reginald Innes Pocock

Reginald Innes Pocock, (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947) was a British zoologist.

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Rhinarium

The rhinarium (Neo-Latin, "belonging to the nose";: rhinaria) is the furless skin surface surrounding the external openings of the nostrils in many mammals.

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Riau

Riau (Jawi) is a province of Indonesia.

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Scent gland

Scent gland are exocrine glands found in most mammals.

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Scrotum

In most terrestrial mammals, the scrotum (scrotums or scrota; possibly from Latin scortum, meaning "hide" or "skin") or scrotal sac is a part of the external male genitalia located at the base of the penis.

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Seed dispersal

In spermatophyte plants, seed dispersal is the movement, spread or transport of seeds away from the parent plant.

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Sexual maturity

Sexual maturity is the capability of an organism to reproduce.

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Snout

A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw.

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South Asia

South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Stamford Raffles

Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (5July 17815July 1826) was a British colonial official who served as the governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieutenant-governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824.

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Strangler fig

Strangler fig is the common name for a number of tropical and subtropical plant species in the genus Ficus, including those that are commonly known as banyans.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.

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Sunda Islands

The Sunda Islands (Kepulauan Sunda; Tetun: Illa Sunda) are a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago.

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Synovial bursa

A synovial bursa, usually simply bursa (bursae or bursas), is a small fluid-filled sac lined by synovial membrane with an inner capillary layer of viscous synovial fluid (similar in consistency to that of a raw egg white).

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Tanintharyi Nature Reserve

Tanintharyi Nature Reserve is a strict nature reserve in Myanmar's Tenasserim Hills, covering.

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Telemetry

Telemetry is the in situ collection of measurements or other data at remote points and their automatic transmission to receiving equipment (telecommunication) for monitoring.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal published by the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum at the National University of Singapore.

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True plantains

True plantains are a group of cultivars of the genus Musa (bananas and plantains) placed in the African Plantain subgroup of the AAB chromosome group.

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Vientiane

Vientiane (ວຽງຈັນ, Viangchan) is the capital and largest city of Laos.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

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Viverridae

Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, feliform mammals. Binturong and Viverridae are viverrids.

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Vulnerable species

A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.

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Vulva

In mammals, the vulva (vulvas or vulvae) consists of the external female genitalia.

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Whiskers

Whiskers or vibrissae (vibrissa) are a type of stiff, functional hair used by most mammals to sense their environment.

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Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted for protection of plants and animal species.

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Yunnan

Yunnan is an inland province in Southwestern China.

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2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline

2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline (2AP) is an aroma compound and flavor that gives freshly baked bread, jasmine rice and basmati rice, the herb pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius), and bread flowers (Vallaris glabra) their customary smell.

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See also

Carnivorans of Asia

Carnivorans of Borneo

Carnivorans of Malaysia

Mammals described in 1821

Taxa named by Thomas Stamford Raffles

Viverrids

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binturong

Also known as Arctictis, Arctictis binturong, Bear cat, Binterong, Binturang.

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