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snototter · 1 month

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A binturong (Arctictis binturong) housed at Burgers Zoo, The Netherlands

by safi kok

#binturong #viverrids #arctictis binturong #arctictis #viverridae #carnivora #mammalia #chordata #captive animal #burgers zoo

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sitting-on-me-bum · 7 months

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Rarest Animals In The World That Are On The Brink Of Extinction

Bearcats, also called binturongs (Arctictis Binturong)

Wikipedia Commons

#wikimedia commons #photographer #bearcat #binturong #arctictis binturong #animal #mammal #wildlife #extinction #vulnerable #nature

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internetdruid · 8 months

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binturong!

(Arctictis binturong)

#ask #aka the bearcat #Arctictis binturong #Viverridae

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philippinewildlifeart · 1 year

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Say hi to Binturong for World Binturong Day!

Also known as the Palawan Bearcat, it is neither a bear, or a cat! They are more closely related to civets, and can be found in Southeast Asia. In the Philippines they can only be found in Palawan (though one was found in Sulu) (G Veron 2019). They spend most of their lives in the trees (aka they are arboreal), and eat small insects and fruits.

In a study by Myka Allam et al in 2022, Binturong in a certain area in Palawan seemed to love figs. Since Binturongs are also known to speed up germination of fig seeds after pooping them, Palawan Binturong might also be important to fig or ficus seed dispersal!

Follow the groups below to learn more about them!

Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (Facebook) Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center (Facebook) ABConservation - Arctictis binturong Conservation (Facebook)

Printable: https://snack.ph/phwildlifeart/645a018fb0a472038decbc61

#Binturong #Palawan #Bearcat #Arctictis #Baybayin #Philippines #ficus aurata #biodiversityph

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tiifu-ndovu · 10 months

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striped-civet · 11 months

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Binturong (Arctictis binturong) Smithsonian's National Zoo, Washington D.C., USA

Photo © Andrew King

#binturong #bearcat #viverrids #viverridae

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lizardsaredinosaurs · 6 months

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Binturong (Arctictis binturong) AKA bearcat

Status: Vulnerable

South and Southeast Asia; India to Nepal to Indonesia

Threats: Habitat loss, hunting, pet trade

(furry mammals are harder to draw!! binturong has the best whiskers)

#why be a cat when you can be a BEARCAT #binturong #animal art #southeast asia #artists on tumblr #wild animals #endangered species #mammals #huevember #daily art #digital art #mammal #viverrid #asia

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arthistoryanimalia · 1 year

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Happy #WorldBinturongDay!

This watercolor is from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings, a collection of 477 images of native biota of the Malay Peninsula by anonymous Chinese artists commissioned between 1803-18:

Binturong, c. 1803-1818 Anonymous Chinese artist William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings National Museum of Singapore

More on the blog:

#Binturong #Bearcat #IUCN Red list #mammals #National Museum of Singapore #viverrid #William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings #World Binturong Day #Southeast Asian art #Asian art #Chinese art #watercolor #Malay Peninsula #animal holiday #illustration #painting #natural history art #scientific illustration #Colonial art

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iris-polaris · 1 year

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🟪 ANIMAL OF THE DAY: binturong. Arctictis binturong. a mammal native to Southeast Asia that is also called the "Bearcat," which is real funny as it is neither Bear nor Cat. it is kind of its own thing, genetically. why you gotta Lie fam. don't you have self-esteem

#binturong #bearcat #animal #animals #wildlife #bear of the ice

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beastsdaily · 8 months

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DAY 4: BINTURONG

Also known as Bearcat, or Arctictis binturong

Fun Fact: Bearcats can be active during the night and day.

#bearcat #binturong #daily animals

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peniswizard69 · 21 hours

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Shoutout to the binturong, whose scientific name, Arctictis binturong, means bear marten binturong, which references three animals: one of them is the thing itself and the other two look nothing like it. It's also sometimes called the bearcat, referring to yet another animal it super doesn't look like

It's not closely related to any other goddamn animal you've ever goddamn heard of, except for that one species of civet that poops out the world's most expensive coffee beans

It's closest relatives you've heard of are mongooses and hyenas, and it's about as close to them as we are to spider monkeys. It reportedly smells like buttered popcorn, which like sure whatever who even cares anymore

Wow! Truly the binturong is an animal for wonder

#original broth #shitpost #binturong #biology #zoology #weird animal

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kojidesu · 2 years

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yall ever heard of binturongs? well now you have!

these lil fellas are also called bearcats! dont let the image fool you though. these guys are quite big! they can be up to 84cm (thats not including their tail which can add up to another 69cm).

these guys are assessed as vulnerable as their populations are declining as much as 30% since the 1980s. unfortunately a lot of this decline is down to logging and degradation of forests leading to habitat loss. another big factor is that these guys are captured for trade and consumption.

some facts about binturongs!

they are the only animal in the arctictis genus still alive today.

their urine is said to smell like popcorn.

despite the name bearcat, they are closely related to neither species. they are actually a species of the viverridae family.

they are one of only two carnivorous species that have prehensile tails - the other being kinkajous.

i found out about these guys a little while ago and on monday i got to see one in real life for the first time. i just want everyone to know about these wonderful creatures because they are truly beautiful and i have so much love for them.

#binturong #animals #animals of tumblr #animal of the day #fluffy guys #love him #endangered

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jadenoryuu · 11 months

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Day 23 (+5+29): Rogue Gallery (+Bonus)

I couldn't decide on who to focus for this DannyMay prompt, so I did a bunch of the Rogues!

(And that's the reason for the delay in posting this prompt... (^～^ ;)ゞ)

Since this is part of the Ghost Animal Noodles AU (which @tourettesdog's Little Baby Man is to blame), I'm going to post both the art and the respective animal I took inspiration from (under the cut because it's a loooong post):

Skulker the Felis nigripes! The fierciest kitten, they apparently have the 60% success rate everytime they hunt!

DAY 29: Ghost Speech AU Kitty as a Wirehaired Hungarian Vizla and Johnny (and Shadow) as Cheetahs! Since every Rogue is cat (or cat-adjacent) themed, I thought that it would have been hilarious if someone called "Kitty" was a canine. (≧∇≦) (The other two's need for speed prevailing over anything else is obvious.) Of course they cannot abstain from quarreling, so Ghost Speech for everyone!

Princess Dorathea as a Norwegian Forest Cat and Desiree as an Egyptian Mau! The latter has been chosen because of Desiree's canon origins, while Dora's cat breed is said to have been used on Viking ships as mousers, so I thought it was the closest thing to dragon-lore... HttyD (≧∇≦) I wanted to give them something nice, so I let them chill with a cup of tea.

Ember as a Lynx lynx and Technus as a Catopuma badia! Here we have the not-canonical sight of a singer and her boyfriend's boyfriend bonding over an electrical guitar project!

DAY 5: 10 min VS 1 hour Nocturn as a Nue (a Japanese Yōkai, part Tiger, Monkey, Tanuki and Snake) and Undergrowth as a Gryphon! I tried to stuff as many other prompts as I could in the Rogue Gallery Day, so here I attempted this challenge. On the left, the 10 minutes drawing with more Undergrowth than Nocturn because when I noticed that the time was almost up I rushed and did a base sketch of the latter. On the right, the 1 hour drawing where I focused on Nocturn because I had in mind what I wanted them to look like so there was no time left for the other Ancient... (^～^ ;)ゞ

The Box Ghost, Luch Box and Luch Lady as Spotted Hyenas (Crocuta crocuta)! The hyenas are wonderful animals and Feliformes, so technically still cat-adjacent! Plus they have a matrialcal gerarchy that I feel fitting in BG and LL dynamic, so I loved doing this!

Youngblood as a Pallas Cat (Otocolobus manul) and Sidney Poindexter as a Sphynx Cat! Pallas Cats are so cute but also look like gremlins, so they fit very well with a ghost kid (who's in his Tarzan Phase). As for the Sphynxes, I love those beasts, but they have that kind of "loser nerd" vibes that is so Sidney that I couldn't pass the chance! ꒰(@｀꒳´)꒱

Prince Aragon as a Norwegian Forest Cat (like his sister), Walker as a Binturong/Bearcat (Arctictis binturong) and Penelope Spectra as a Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)! Both the last two are cat-adjacent, plus fossa look as creepy as Spectra, so they fit very well. As for the pose, since he has lost the Dragon Amulet, Aragon is kind of a twink, so just a paw to stop him would suffice, but Spectra is a slippery eel, so Walker had to bind her with his tail as well, just to be sure... (≧∇≦) (My lovely assistant @teacupsandstarlight posed irl for the captives' pose, so please thank her! (⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠³⁠˘⁠)⁠~❤)

And here's all for the Rogue Gallery!

Now, for the Free Day.... All I can say is: Spider-man meme.

=(ˆ●ω●ˆ=) و

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cliban · 1 year

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ok but what the hell is a bearcat

wolf im gonna start killing

I have a LOT of knowledge of highly obscure animals from my time wikipedia surfing at age 8 and printing out the entire wikipedia pages. don't ask, I still have stacks and stacks of paper in my closet

anyway a bearcat, aka a binturong, is a mammal native to south/southeast asia. They're viverrids, which means they're in the same grouping as civets/genets. (Civets and genets are little climbing guys who look like weird cats but aren't)

[Image ID: A genet resting on a tree branch against a wooden wall.]

So binturongs? Utterly fucking weird. They're the only living species in the arctictis genus. arctictis means bear-weasel. They smell like popcorn. They're omnivorous but they're weird about it

AND

they look like.