Order Carnivora
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
532
628
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Arctictis binturong
(Raffles 1821)
[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).