ʻO Binturong (lat. Arctictis binturong) he ʻano i ka mōʻina makua mai ka ʻohana Viverridae. He hiite hiehole hiawe, a me kahi helehelena i like me ke ʻano pōʻai hale, no laila ke kapa ʻia ʻo ia ka "cat bear".
He hiʻohiʻona pilikino a maʻalahi maʻalahi. Minamina, loaʻa iā ia ka hana maʻamau o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kahi mea ʻono, no laila, ʻaʻole kūpono nā mea aloha a pau e like me ka holoholona.
Kahele
Ua noho mua ʻo Binturongs ma Kina a pau, India, Thailand a me Filipina. I kēia manawa, he paʻakikī loa e hālāwai me lākou i nā wahi o ko lākou ola mua. Huli ka ʻōpala o nā holoholona i ka nahele a maloʻo kokoke i nā kumu wai. Ua hoʻopilikia nui ʻia kēia ʻano ma nā ʻāina hema, kahi i luku ʻia ai kona wahi kūlohelohe.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka lewa, e emi ana ka nui o ka lehulehu ma muli o nā poʻe kānaka e manaʻo ʻia nei heʻano biturong he mea maikaʻi loa. I nā makahiki he ʻekolu i hala iho nei, ua emi ka huina o ka heluna kanaka ma kahi hapakolu.
ʻAno lawehala
E alakaʻi ana ka holoholona i kahi nohona kaawale, ʻoiai kekahi mau pūʻulu liʻiliʻi i kahi o nā kāne pākeke a me kā lākou keiki. I ka hui, ua aliʻi ka wahine.
E like me nā civettes ʻē aʻe, nā gizagane nā mea ʻala kūpono aʻe e kū ana ma lalo o ka huelo. Me ke kōkua o kahi huna huna, ua kau ʻia nā hōʻailona ma nā lāʻau a me ka mauʻu. ʻO kēia e hoʻoholo i nā palena o ka home home. ʻAʻole hoihoi ke ʻala o ka hūnā huna; ua like ia me ka hoʻonaninani o ka popcorn. I ka pīhoihoi a i ʻole no ka pale ʻana iā ia iho, hiki i nā poʻe ʻōpio ke hoʻōla i ka wai me kahi mea ʻono maikaʻi loa a koʻikoʻi.
Hōʻike ʻia ka hana Biturong i ka pō. I ka pouli, ua mālama maikaʻi a hūnū ʻo ia ma waena o nā lālā lāʻau. Ma muli o kona nui nui, he paʻakikī nui iā ia e lele mai kekahi lālā a i kekahi lālā. Ke neʻe nei i kahi lāʻau, kahi e iho ai ka mea predator i ka lepo, akā he lāʻau maikaʻi loa ia. Hoʻomaʻaleʻa ʻo Nature iā ia me ke kino kūpono, nā wāwae ikaika, ka hoʻonui ʻia o nā kīwī a me kahi huelo paʻa.
ʻIke ʻia kekahi puaʻa pōpoki me kahi lawaiʻa ʻano nui a me ka hahinui. I ke anuanu, ua makemake ʻo ia i ka wai e inu i ka ʻauʻau ʻana.
ʻOiai he olakino, heʻai nui ʻo Binturong. Me nā manamana dexterous, koho pono ʻo ia i nā hua a wāwahi iā lākou.
Hōʻike mau ʻia nā kaola Predatory ma ka hopu ʻana i nā manu a me nā rodents liʻiliʻi. ʻO kaʻeleʻele i kahi hola wela i loko o kahi wai, hikiʻole i ka mea kuhi ke hoʻohālikelike i kāu meaʻai me ka iʻa. Makemake ʻo ia e ʻoliʻoli i nā wā manu a me nā ʻano o nā iniseti like ʻole.
Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Binturong me kona mau hoa ʻohana me ke kōkua o nā hōʻailona kani. Ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻo ka pōʻino, kāhea ʻole ʻo ia i ka menacing, a me ka hoʻopiʻi o nā pilina i ukaʻi ʻia, ua hoʻokiho ʻo ia i nā uē ʻana. ʻO kahi kūlana maikaʻi e hōʻike ʻia ma nā leo ʻakaʻaka.
ʻAno hānau
ʻElua mau manawa o ka lau ʻana i ka makahiki: mai Pepeluali a ʻApelila a mai Iulai a Nowemapa. I ka pau o ke kahakaha, e mau ana ma kahi o ʻekolu malama, e iho ana ka wahine i ka lepo. I nā lāʻau maloʻo mamao loa mai ka maka ʻana i nā maka, e hoʻopuni ana i ka pūnana.
I ka manawa kūpono, ua hānau ʻia nā kiki buta a me nā kuli i ka nui o kahi fist kanaka. ʻAi lākou i ka waiū umauma no ʻelua mahina. I kēia manawa, hiki i ka wahine ke ʻā ke kāne i ka kokoke iā ia. I nā makahiki he 2 mau makahiki, ua ulu a make ka ʻōpio.
ʻO keʻano
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kino mai ka 61 a 96 cm, ka paona ākea mai 9 a 14 paha. Loaʻa i nā mea momona maikaʻi a kaupaona ʻia a hiki i 20 kg. ʻO 20% ka ʻoi aku o ka wahine ma mua o nā kāne. ʻO ke kino e uhi ʻia me ka lauoho lōʻihi o ka lauoho, e loli ai ke kala mai ka ʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele. Hoʻokipaʻia nā pūkona me nā tassels o ka lauoho lōʻihi.
Kūlima loa ke kihi o ka huelo a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i kahi wāwae ʻē aʻe ke kaohi ʻana i nā lālā aʻo ke piʻi ʻana i nā kumulāʻau. He manuahi keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo ka holoholona i loaʻa ma lalo o nā maka brown.
Aia ke ola o ka ola ma ka hihiu he 15 mau makahiki, a i ke pio ʻana me ka mālama maikaʻi e hiki i 25 mau makahiki.