Definition of Arctictis

1. Noun. Binturongs.

Exact synonyms: Genus Arctictis
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Viverridae, Family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinae
Member holonyms: Arctictis Bintourong, Bearcat, Binturong

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arctictis

Arctic Sea
Arctic Skuas
Arctic Zone
Arctic char
Arctic chars
Arctic cod
Arctic ground squirrel
Arctic hare
Arctic loon
Arctic loons
Arctic mouse-ear
Arctic skua
Arctic wolf
Arctic wolf spider
Arctica
Arctictis (current term)
Arctictis bintourong
Arctiidae
Arctium
Arctium lappa
Arctium minus
Arctocebus
Arctocebus calabarensis
Arctocephalus
Arctocephalus philippi
Arctonyx
Arctonyx collaris
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos alpina
Arctostaphylos andersonii

Literary usage of Arctictis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"GENUS Arctictis. This is a very curious animal, which, like the panda and the linsang, ... Arctictis BINTURONG. The Binturong (Jerdon's No. 126). HABITAT. ..."

2. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Arctictis binturong. Viverra binturong, Raffles Linn. Trans., xiii, p. 253 (1822). ... 49; Jerdon Mamm., p. 130; Me Blanford Mammals, p. 1 18- Arctictis ..."

3. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"Arctictis, Temm. Monogr. xx. p. 21,1820 ?; Gray, PZS 1864, p. .520. ... Arctictis binturong. (Binturong.) BM Black. Younger with more or less long white ..."

4. Evolution of Mammalian Molar Teeth: To and from the Triangular Type by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1907)
"138, 139); (c) fruit-eating habits (Arctictis is said to be frugivorous) frequently lead to the degeneration or aberrancy of the molar crowns ..."

5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1882)
"In Arctictis tins flattening is at its maximum, the lesser trochanter is very small, the trochanteric fossa is shallow, and the great trochanter is ..."

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