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PennLive.com (blog)One of the commission's wildlife conservation officers recently recovered a binturong, which is native to Southeast Asia and also known as a bearcat, ...

San Diego zoo responds to Contact 13 investigation of conditions ...  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
KTNV Las VegasThe bornean binturong, also known as a bear cat, doesn't move other than to pant in the heat. The siberian linx just paces repeatedly in her tiny cage.

SFGate: Day in Pictures  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
San Francisco ChronicleThey put the bearcats in the basket: Two of the Tierpark Zoo's four new binturong cubs share a secret while meeting the media in Berlin.

Should the Las Vegas Zoo be shut down?  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
KTNV Las VegasThe discomfort is obvious with almost every animal, from the birds... to the binturong... to the cougar... to the apes. "That one has his tongue hanging out

Triangle weekend offers family escapes!  -  ‎Jul 17, 2009‎
WRAL.comLook for Serval, a medium-sized African wild cat, and a binturong, a bearcat, on the Bicentennial Plaza, in front of the museum on Saturday.

The wild side of Myrtle Beach  -  ‎Jul 12, 2009‎
CharlotteObserver.comAt one, we pet a binturong as it walks across our laps. Then we stroll past an alligator on the edge of a pond to watch a pair of svelte lynx play in an

Woman Upset SD Zoo Animals On Loan Treated Poorly  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
KGTV, 10News.comSAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Zoo has loaned at least four animals to the Las Vegas Zoo, but one woman said the Las Vegas counterpart is not treating the

Panda, Gorilla & Co.  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
DiePresse.comKuckuckswelse, Barsche und Schwarze Pacus, Zickenkarl, Okapi-Dame Batouri, Vikunjas und Lamas, die Binturong-Familie und ein Riesentausendfüßler.

Bärenmarder-Weibchen bringt Vierlinge zur Welt  -  ‎Jul 20, 2009‎
Berliner MorgenpostDort kümmert sich Binturong-Weibchen Fiona mit Hilfe der Pfleger um seinen Nachwuchs. Denn der Kampf um die Muttermilch war erbittert.

Panda, Gorilla & Co.  -  ‎Jul 23, 2009‎
DiePresse.comDas dauert und ist in jeder Hinsicht ein Kraftakt. Weitere Helden: Eisbär Knut, afrikanische Barsche, eine Riesenvogelspinne und ein Binturong-Junge.

VIDEO: Keoki, Hilo's new baby binturong, is growing up fast  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
Big Island Video NewsKeoki, the new baby binturong at Panaewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens in Hilo, is growing more with each passing day. Terry Moniz, education and information

Catch rare animal species at Sunway’s wildlife park  -  ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
Malaysia StarIn addition, local species such as the rhinoceros hornbill, Malayan tapir, slow loris, white-handed gibbon, and binturong could also be found in the park.

All take, no give among lawmakers  -  ‎Mar 7, 2009‎
Honolulu AdvertiserBreaking news item: "The Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens welcomed three bintlets, or binturong babies, on Feb. 10. The bintlets are the offspring of zoo

March Brings Ballet Florida, Jack Hanna & More To The Lyric  -  ‎Mar 6, 2009‎
Broadway WorldHanna's April 2008 appearance at the Lyric was a rousing success, with a cast of colorful characters that included a marmoset, kangaroo, lemur, binturong,

Panaewa zoo welcomes bintlets  -  ‎Mar 3, 2009‎
Honolulu AdvertiserBinturong, also known as bearcats, are native to Southeast Asia, Malaysia and Indonesia. They are related to mongoose, but are nocturnal and arboreal

Panda, Gorilla & Co.  -  ‎Mar 17, 2009‎
CinefactsKuckuckswelse, Barsche und Schwarze Pacus, Zickenkarl, Okapi-Dame Batouri, Vikunjas und Lamas, die Binturong-Familie und e Bao Bao hat Geburtstag.

Big Island's new residents - WATCH VIDEO!  -  ‎Mar 11, 2009‎
Big Island WeeklyBy Terrie Henderson With a blanket covering his lap and a bottle in hand, Terry Moniz carefully cradles a playful newborn binturong, also called a bearcat,

Panda, Gorilla & Co.  -  ‎Mar 10, 2009‎
CinefactsBinturong-Baby lässt sich nur ungern wägen. Weitere Helden: Erdbeerfrösche, die Eisbären Eika und Troll, zwei Siamang-Paare, Haie und diverse Nashörner.

Panda, Gorilla & Co.  -  ‎Mar 5, 2009‎
CinefactsWeitere Helden: Eisbär Knut, afrikanische Barsche, eine Riesenvogelspinne und ein Binturong-Junge Die persische Leopardenfamilie ist ein echter

The Show That Cracks Open the Book of Knowledge  -  ‎Mar 8, 2009‎
Gapers BlockThe first performer was a trained binturong (or bearcat) that we asked questions of, and then had recite a "Poem Written by a Bear" by Tao Lin. See here.

Levharti z Cejlonu krášlí Ostravu  -  ‎Mar 5, 2009‎
iHNed.czBinturong je se svou celkovou délkou těla téměř dva metry největší z cibetkovitých šelem. Kromě úctyhodných rozměrů se může pochlubit ještě jednou u šelem

New 'Binturongs' at Hilo Zoo  -  ‎Mar 5, 2009‎
KGMB9The Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens in Hilo has three new residents -- baby binturongs, also known as bearcats. They're native to Southeast Asia,

Lions and tigers in Mebane, oh my!  -  Feb 16, 2009
The Pendulum,From lions and tigers to the lesser-known exotics like binturong, servals and the rare New Guinea singing dogs, the center is a refuge to a community of

Chessington Zoo bearcat awaits her French Valentine  -  Feb 13, 2009
Sutton Borough Guardian,Sunti, the first binturong born in the UK for a decade, celebrated her first birthday on January 28 and got her present, an 18-month-old male binturong

Jack Hanna's crew brings bearcat, friends to McKendree  -  Feb 1, 2009
Belleville News Democrat,Rose, the binturong, lumbered from one shoulder to another in a circle of six animal lovers who found themselves standing in as tree branches for the

Abenteuer Zoo  -  Feb 15, 2009
Cinefacts,Manchmal lässt sich der Binturong auf seinem Schlafplatz hoch oben im Baum mit ein paar Feigen verführen, den Besuchern mehr als nur seinen Rücken zu

DENR to animal shops: Display permits  -  Nov 2, 2008
Philippine Star,10 white-bellied sea eagles (H. leucogaster), one Palawan bearcat (Arctictis binturong), and one Oriental mall-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus).

Esperan para 2008 animales de intercambio con Cuba  -  Oct 30, 2008
El Universal (Venezuela),...una jirafa, un hipopótamo pigmeo, un antílope Eland, dos leones africanos, cuatro patos mandarín, dos binturong y una hiena rayada.

NYPA wildlife fest returning Saturday  -  27 Sep 2008
WatertownDailyTimes.com,There is talk of a binturong making an appearance — a "bearcat" that smells like popcorn — as well as micro pigs, reptiles and a coatimundi,

Binturong New To Binghamton Zoo  -  Sep 13, 2008
WBNG-TV,By WBNG News Benjamin the binturong is one of the newest animals to make his home in Binghamton. The Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park opened its latest exhibit.

New addition at the Ross Park Zoo  -  Sep 14, 2008
News 10 Now,His name is Benjamin and he's a four-month-old Binturong, also known as a Bearcat. The $100000 habitat opened on a rainy Saturday, but still brought out the

Animals + Beer = Your Saturday?  -  Sep 19, 2008
Binghamton University Pipe Dream,Also on display will be animal artwork, created by animals such as the binturong by walking through paint and then onto canvas. These pieces have been on

Morning Brew: Is the pass our only option?  -  Sep 15, 2008
University Daily Kansan,...despite rumors that its inspiration came from bear-and-kat-like creatures such as the Kinkajou or the Binturong (I am not making this up).

Zoo unveils sibling bobcats  -  Sep 11, 2008
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com,The bobcats live in the exhibit space that used to house a Binturong (bearcat) in the summer months and a red panda in the winter. The Binturong has been

Cheers & jeers  -  Sep 5, 2008
Press & Sun-Bulletin,Cheers that the Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park is in the news for good reasons --a 4-month-old Binturong (aka Asian bearcat) has taken residence in a newly

Zoo reschedules exhibit opening  -  Sep 5, 2008
Press & Sun-Bulletin,The Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park has moved the grand opening of its new binturong exhibit and Animal Enrichment Day to Sept. 13 due to expected heavy rain

Bearcat exhibit newest addition to Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park  -  Sep 1, 2008
Press & Sun-Bulletin,Meet Benjamin, a 4-month-old Binturong from Virginia who will move into a newly constructed $100000 exhibit at the lower portion of the Binghamton Zoo at

Zoológico de Caricuao y Cuba intercambian animales  -  Sep 3, 2008
El Nacional (Venezuela),...cuatro cebras de Grant, un hipopótamo pigmeo, un antÃlope Eland, dos leones africanos, cuatro patos mandarÃn, dos binturong y una hiena rayada Como

Zoológico de Caricuao recibirá este mes 16 nuevos animales ...  -  Sep 3, 2008
Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias,...una jirafa, un hipopótamo pigmeo, un antílope Eland, dos leones africanos, cuatro patos mandarín, dos binturong y una hiena rayada.

En dos semanas llegarán a Venezuela los animales del zoológico de Cuba  -  Sep 5, 2008
Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias,...una jirafa, un hipopótamo pigmeo, un antílope Eland, dos leones africanos, cuatro patos mandarín, dos binturong y una hiena rayada�, señaló Audrine.

A visit from the zoo GW students make some new friends  -  Jul 27, 2008
Marion Star,Allie an American alligator; Meko, a South American Macaw; Baxter, a bearcat or binturong from Southeast Asia; Mango, a 9-foot albino Burmese python;

Porter County Fair -- Did You Know?  -  Jul 22, 2008
Gary Post Tribune,...is neither a bear nor a cat. It's a binturong, a mammal from Southeast Asia. According to its handler, it smells of buttered popcorn 24 hours a day.

Zoológico de Caricuao será referencia ambiental para la capital  -  Aug 9, 2008
Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias,...una hiena rayada (h) y un binturong (h). Advirtió que el arribo de los hermosos animales, desde la isla caribeña, ocurre luego de décadas de abandono.

Animales cubanos aguardan por Sanidad  -  Jul 31, 2008
El Universal (Venezuela),...una jirafa, un hipopótamo pigmeo, un antílope Eland, dos leones africanos, cuatro patos mandarín, dos binturong y una hiena rayada.

Zoológico de Caricuao pronto contará con una variada exhibición de ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias,...una jirafa, un hipopótamo pigmeo, un antílope Eland, dos leones africanos, cuatro patos mandarín, dos binturong y una hiena rayada.

Naming the baby binturong  -  Apr 22, 2008
Cincinnati Enquirer,The story tells us it's neither a bear nor a cat, but is technically a "binturong," which is related to the civet, which I believe is made by Honda,

Bearcat returns to Cincinnati Zoo  -  Apr 16, 2008
Cincinnati Enquirer,BY JIM KNIPPENBERG | THE ENQUIRER A still unnamed 3-month old female bearcat, or binturong, will be the first at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden

Bearcat Returning To Cincinnati Zoo: Help Name Her!  -  Apr 16, 2008
WLWT,CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden announced Wednesday that the bearcat, or binturong, is returning to Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Zoo gets baby UC mascot  -  Apr 17, 2008
WTOL,By the way, the zoo says the formal name for a bearcat is a binturong (BIHN'-too-rahng), and it's a cat-like creature native to southeast Asia.

New cat in town  -  Apr 16, 2008
News Record,The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden announced on Wednesday, April 16, that a 3-month-old binturong (bearcat) has returned for the first time since 2004.

Bearcat looks to scratch out support for class project  -  Apr 4, 2008
Milton Daily Standard,Orchid, a 3-year-old binturong who was taken in by T&D’s wild animal refuge, visited Bucknell University Thursday afternoon to draw attention to a community

Wikipedia vs. Encyclopaedia: a question of trust?  -  Apr 21, 2008
TechRadar.com,It’s also the only one to point out that binturong musk smells like warm popcorn. You may wonder why Encarta is not included here. Microsoft’s press centre

Extinction of rare species on Earth  -  Apr 11, 2008
Merinews,The rare species of birds, reptiles, mammals and amphibians include Crowned Pigeon, Flamingo, Madagascar Teal, Scarlet Ibis, Toco Toucan, binturong, Ocelot,

What's new at the Zoo?  -  Apr 3, 2008
Press & Sun-Bulletin,Right near the entrance, a new binturong -- or bearcat -- exhibit is being built. This week the old cages were torn down. Next week, the zoo will break

Tim Grobaty: Bearcats and punk acts  -  Apr 1, 2008
Long Beach Press-Telegram,A bearcat, also known as a binturong, is really neither a bear nor a cat. The creatures are native to Indonesia and Malaysia, but may be seen in our hood

Tehachapi Branch Library gets up close and personal with wildlife  -  Mar 31, 2008
Tehachapi News,Kinka the kinkajou, Ninja, a 65 pound Binturong, Taj the brown lemur, Gomer the gopher snake, and a huge hissing cockroach from Madagascar.

Beautiful baby Binturong born  -  Feb 5, 2008
Wimbledon Guardian,By Dan Menhinnitt The birth of the first Binturong baby to be born in the UK for a decade is being celebrated at a Chessington zoo. The rare baby Binturong,

Cobras and Gators and Owls, Oh My!  -  Feb 21, 2008
Centralia Chronicle,By Kathy Hall Wanna know what a binturong looks like? Animal lovers will have a chance to see not only a real bear cat, but cougars, wolves, reptiles and

Palm Beach Zoo celebrates Chinese New Year  -  Feb 9, 2008
Palm Beach Daily News,The zoo is home to muntjac deer, among the world's smallest, the binturong, also known as bear cats, the siamang, a lesser ape species, and a Burmese python

PHOTOS: New Critters on the Block  -  Feb 5, 2008
Las Vegas Review - Journal,Above, Bruce, a rare Bornean binturong, eats a piece of fruit. The 16-year-old arboreal mammal is the first of its kind in Nevada.

Baboons, badgers or binturong: QI's animal factoids  -  Nov 23, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,Baboons, badgers or binturong - each animal gets two pages and some neat little drawings. The more you read, though, the more a pattern of the authors'

Zoo schedule changed  -  Nov 2, 2007
Press & Sun-Bulletin,While most of the animals such as the wolves, tigers and eagles don’t mind the cold weather, some, like the binturong (bearcat), lemurs and tortoises,

Fanciful flights  -  Nov 16, 2007
Malaysia Star,A binturong was sitting on a tree trunk in full sunlight as if sunbathing. I thought he must be hot with his thick, shaggy dark fur, but he seemed content,

Dixon's injury truly altered the national landscape  -  Nov 16, 2007
SI.comA: "Bearcat" is another name for "binturong, a sloth-like mammal from Southeast Asia." Thanks, Wikipedia!) The fevered musings of the preceding passage are

Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups  -  Nov 1, 2007
Crikey (subscription),I thought Wednesday's binturong effort was brilliant (I would - I work at a zoo!), but the Tony Abbott funnel web was even better.

Neal McCoy Event Raises $500000  -  Oct 2, 2007
Country Hound,...was in attendance for the fifth consecutive year, entertaining the crowd with exotic animals, including a Python, a Lemur, and a Binturong (Bearcat).

Take the Chessington Challenge  -  Sep 25, 2007
Wimbledon Guardian,Esmerelda the binturong is a wonderful-looking civet who, when we entered with fruit, looked a lot like she was about to jump on us and embed her claws in

'Hed Thauy Champagne' (far right) and other mushrooms thrive on ...  -  Oct 10, 2007
Bangkok Post,Last year forest officials released 999 animals into the wild, a majority of them birds such as silver pheasants, green peafowl and black kites, binturong,

Oakland cartoon artist rates a Ten' with SF exhibit  -  Sep 30, 2007
San Mateo County Times,In another comic a girl rescues a binturong (or Malaysian bearcat) from the zoo, but soon discovers that the creature is "animalistic" and doesn't

Flight: Volume Four  -  Sep 28, 2007
PopMatters,Lark Pien’s “The Story of Binny�, about a woman who helps a demanding and self-centered talking binturong escape from a zoo and return home to Malaysia,

Hawaii’s Back Yard  -  Sep 23, 2007
Honolulu Star-Bulletin,Instead, you'll get acquainted with the binturong, kinkajous, coatimundis and other creatures with spots, stripes, tails and scales that usually aren't

BRIEFLY TODAY  -  Aug 14, 2007
Saigon Times Daily,An arictis binturong, on the verge of extinction in Vietnam, has been released into the forest by the Binh Dinh’s bureau of forestry management after 10



Animals in the House  Oct 26, 2006
...with a large millipede, a large scorpion, a legless lizard, a baby alligator, a vulture, a barn owl, a python, a ring-tailed lemur and a binturong, an arboreal ... - San Antonio Express,

Floods dampen Loy Krathong festivities  Nov 5, 2006
The zoo hosted many other entertainment activities, including a show by night predators such as owls and binturong, also known as Malay civet cats. ... - Nation Multimedia,

I miss Quilon  Nov 6, 2006
...a year. She used to also look after other animals on the Fishing Cat Trail such as mousedeer, binturong and fishing cats. She says ... - Electric New Paper,
New boss, new year, new hope Mar 26, 2006
Last year, the zoo added a binturong, also known as a "bearcat." Earlier this spring, a wallaby joey was born. The zoo will host a naming contest this spring. ...
Press & Sun-Bulletin,

Zoo to be big attraction, says Chong Mar 18, 2006
Among the animals already there are a pair of bear cats or binturong, pygmy elephants and Asian elephants, tigers, Proboscis Monkey, orang utan, mouse deer ...
Daily Express,

Golden newborns set for public debut Mar 10, 2006
From 10 am to 4 pm, the zoo also is offering a day of "Zoolympic" games -- find out how you compare athletically to a binturong or an otter -- as well as arts ...
The News Journal,
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