Binturong. It has long shaggy hair tufted ears and a long bushy prehensile tail. The Binturong is a large exotic carnivore which is almost a meter tall slow heavy and sluggish.
Despite the resemblances to those animals the binturong is actually a unique animal in its own. The Binturong is a medium sized carnivore that is found inhabiting the dense forests of South-East Asia. The binturong has a unique scent that smells like cooked buttered popcorn the scent comes from an oil gland under the tail that puts the scent out when they drag their tail through the branches of the trees.
Despite the resemblances to those animals the binturong is actually a unique animal in its own.
Ranging habitat use and activity patterns of binturong Arctictis binturong and yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula in north-central Thailand. A 40-pound mammal creeps along a tree branch in a steamy forest. Its face has a striking resemblance with a fox while the body looks like a small bear with an elongated tail like a monkey. Ranging habitat use and activity patterns of binturong Arctictis binturong and yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula in north-central Thailand.
