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Definition of Ailurus fulgens
1. Noun. Reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas.
Generic synonyms: Procyonid
Group relationships: Ailurus, Genus Ailurus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ailurus Fulgens
Literary usage of Ailurus fulgens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"... together with the skull of ailurus fulgens. In all cases the figures are given
natural size. As there is usually some little delay in the publication of ..."
2. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by Thomas Horsfield, East India Company Museum (1851)
"ailurus fulgens, Hardw., Trans. Linn. Soc. XV. p. 161, with illustrations of the
teeth and extremities (Note by Secretary). Gray, Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 75. ..."
3. Mandalay to Momien: A Narrative of the Two Expeditions to Western China of by John Anderson (1876)
"... of the wah (ailurus fulgens, F. Cuv.). After this inspection, we were conducted
to an open hall, in which a theatrical entertainment was to take place. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal (1875)
"Mr. Schwendler then gave an interesting account of the peculiar habit* of the "
red cat-bear," ailurus fulgens, and illustrated his remarks by exhibiting a ..."
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