Arctictis binturong (Raffles, 1821) . Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13:253.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Malacca " .

DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China (Yunnan), India (incl. Sikkim), Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippine Isis (Palawan), Thailand, Vietnam.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India).

SYNONYMS: albifrons F. G. Cuvier, 1822; ater F. G. Cuvier and E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824; gairdneri Thomas, 1916; niasensis Lyon, 1916; pageli Schwarz, 1911; penicillatus Temminck, 1835; whitei Allen, 1910.

COMMENTS: Revised by Pocock (1933d).