binturong

English

A binturong in a zoo in Hesse, Germany

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Malay binturung.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪn.t(j)ʊəˌɹɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪn.tuˌɹɔŋ/, /-tju-/, /-t(j)ʊɹ-/, (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /-ɹɑŋ/

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Noun

binturong (plural binturongs)

1. A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.

Synonyms

• Asian bearcat, bearcat, Palawan bearcat

Translations

species of civet

• Central Melanau: betuwun, munin kelabu
• Dutch: bintoerong m, beermarter (nl) m
• Finnish: binturonki
• Indonesian: binturung (id)
• Japanese: ビントロング (ja) (bintorongu), 熊麝香猫 (ja) (クマジャコウネコ, kumajakōneko), 熊猫 (ja) (クマネコ, kumaneko)
• Korean: 빈투롱
• Malay:

  Jawi: بنتوروڠ‎, موسڠ تورون‎, تنتورون‎

  Rumi: benturung, musang turun, tenturun

• Polish: binturong (pl) m
• Romanian: binturong (ro) m
• Russian: бинтуро́нг (ru) m (binturóng)
• Spanish: manturón (es)
• Swedish: binturong (sv) c
• Thai: หมีขอ (mǐi-kɔ̌ɔ)