Definition of binturong in English:

noun

• A tree-dwelling Asian civet with a coarse blackish coat and a muscular prehensile tail.

  Arctictis binturong, family Viverridae

  Example sentences

  • ‘Their scent glands, located near their tails, are rubbed along branches as they walk or are deliberately rubbed against upright branches to deposit an oily musk as a signal to other binturongs.’
  • ‘Good pets, cats, dogs, things like that, not binturongs.’
  • ‘When excited, the binturongs emit a variety of grunts and hisses, say researchers.’
  • ‘Only two members of the carnivore family have prehensile tails - the binturong and the kinkajou.’
  • ‘For these animals, as well as another 45 moon bears and 14 sun bears, 50 macaques, 30 gibbons, 10 crocodiles, 4 binturongs, and 200 dogs, Banglamung Wildlife Breeding Center is essentially a well-appointed refugee center.’