Binturong
an arboreal civet, arctictis binturong, of asia, having a long, prehensile tail.
historical examples
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various
the animal world, a book of natural history theodore wood
noun
an arboreal se asian viverrine mammal, arctictis binturong, closely related to the palm civets but larger and having long sh-ggy black hair
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