. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE BIXTUROXG. like that of a New World Monkey. It is tweiity-eiglit to thirty inches long from snout to rooi of tail, and the tail itself is nearly of the same length. It is sometimes called the " black Bear ; " It is slow and crouching. In its habits it is quite nocturnal, solitary, and arboreal, creeping along the large branches, and aiding itself by its prehensile tail. It is omnivorous, eating small animals, birds, insects, fruit, and plants. It is more wild and retiring than Viverrine animals in -^zS^l/^Al'-^'lr^rV
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE BIXTUROXG. like that of a New World Monkey. It is tweiity-eiglit to thirty inches long from snout to rooi of tail, and the tail itself is nearly of the same length. It is sometimes called the " black Bear ; " It is slow and crouching. In its habits it is quite nocturnal, solitary, and arboreal, creeping along the large branches, and aiding itself by its prehensile tail. It is omnivorous, eating small animals, birds, insects, fruit, and plants. It is more wild and retiring than Viverrine animals in -^zS^l/^Al'-^'lr^rV. general, and it is easily tamed ; its howl is loud.'' It walks entirely on the soles of its feet, and its claws are not retractile. It ranges from Nepaul to Sumatra and Java. Altogether the Binturong is a decidedly interesting animal, and has been a great puzzle to zoologists. It was formerly placed in the Eacoon family, to man}' of the members of which it bears a very strong resemblance; but this resemblance is quite superficial, and brought about by the simi- larity in the mode of life, kc. In the characters of the skull and teetb, it undoubtedly belongs where we have placed it, among the Civet group. Thus it forms a capital warning to those zoologists whose knowledge is only skin-deep, and who group animals entirely by their external character, without taking into account the important points of fundamental structure, which should in every case be considered first.* * —The desciiption of .- chaiiter ou tliut giouji, and will V ; of the Viveniil:e, or t'i e eiul of tlie article on tl IS been inath'ertently omitteil fri >ora (pii. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Lond
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