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Classification
Mammal
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Diet
Omnivore
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Lifespan
18–25 years
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Weight
9–20 kg
Population Trend
📉Decreasing
Description
A large, arboreal mammal of Southeast Asia, also known as the bearcat.
Habitat
🌿 tropical evergreen forest
Extended Data
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Viverridae
Genus
Arctictis
Fun Facts
1
One of only two carnivores with a prehensile tail.
2
Smells like buttered popcorn due to a scent gland secretion.
3
Key seed disperser for the strangler fig tree.
4
Can rotate their ankles 180 degrees for climbing down head-first.
5
Neither a bear nor a cat — they belong to the civet family.