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SPECIES Arctictis binturong
Author: | Raffles, 1821. | Citation: | Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 253. | Common Name: | Binturong | Type Locality: | "Malacca". | Distribution: | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China (Yunnan), India (incl. Sikkim), Indonesia (Kalimantan, Java, Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippine Isls (Palawan), Thailand, Vietnam. | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (India); IUCN – Vulnerable as A. b. whitei, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Revised by Pocock (1933a). Synonyms allocated according to Pocock (1933a, 1941a), Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), and D. D. Davis (1962). |
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