Arctictis binturong (Raffles 1821)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 549

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scientific name	Arctictis binturong (Raffles 1821)
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[Viverra] binturong Raffles 1821 , Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 253.

Type Locality: " Malacca ".

Vernacular Names: Binturong.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Arctictis binturong subsp. binturong Raffles 1821

Subspecies Arctictis binturong subsp. albifrons F. G. Cuvier 1822

Subspecies Arctictis binturong subsp. kerkhoveni Sody 1936

Subspecies Arctictis binturong subsp. menglaensis Wang and Li 1987

Subspecies Arctictis binturong subsp. penicillatus Temminck 1835

Subspecies Arctictis binturong subsp. whitei J. A. Allen 1910

Distribution: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China (Yunnan), India (incl. Sikkim), Indonesia (Kalimantan, Java, Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippine Isls (Palawan), Thailand, Vietnam.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( India); IUCN – Vulnerable as A. b. whitei, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Pocock (1933 a). Synonyms allocated according to Pocock (1933 a, 1941 a), Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), and D. D. Davis (1962).