Definition of Genus Arctictis

1. Noun. Binturongs.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Arctictis

genus Aranea
genus Araneus
genus Araucaria
genus Araujia
genus Arbutus
genus Arca
genus Arcella
genus Arceuthobium
genus Archaeopteryx
genus Archaeornis
genus Archeopteryx
genus Archidiskidon
genus Archilochus
genus Architeuthis
genus Archosargus
genus Arctictis (current term)
genus Arctium
genus Arctocebus
genus Arctocephalus
genus Arctonyx
genus Arctostaphylos
genus Arctotis
genus Ardea
genus Ardisia
genus Areca
genus Arenaria
genus Arenga
genus Arethusa
genus Argemone
genus Argentina

Literary usage of Genus 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, at first misled naturalists in assigning it a place. ..."

2. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"[No specimen in the Museum ] Genus ARCTICTIS. Arctictis, Temminck Prospec. Monogr. Mamm. (1824)*; id. Monogr. Mamm., \, p. xxi, and ii, p. 310. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... genus Arctictis, ranging from Nepal through the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Java. This animal, also called the bear-cat, is allied to the palm-civets ..."

4. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by Thomas Horsfield, East India Company Museum (1851)
"... dwelling in burrows in the valleys of the lower and central hilly regions of Nepal. Genus ARCTICTIS, Temminck, Monogr. I. Table Methodique, XXI. 1820. ..."

5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1882)
"True molars on each side ì ; premolars on each side -. Felt». The genus Arctictis is placed in the above list amongst, ..."

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