Binturong (lat. Arctictis binturong) ndi nyama yomwe imadya kuchokera ku banja la a Viverridae. Ili ndi galu wokhala ndi phazi komanso mawonekedwe oseketsa ofanana ndi mphaka, chifukwa chake imatchedwa "chimbalangondo".
Amakhala ochezeka ndipo amasinthidwa mosavuta. Tsoka ilo, ali ndi chizolowezi chofalitsa fungo losasangalatsa nthawi zonse, kotero si aliyense wokonda zosowa yekha amene ali woyenera kukhala chiweto.
Kugawa
A Binturongs poyamba amakhala ku China, India, Thailand, ndi Philippines. Pakadali pano, ndizovuta kwambiri kukumana nawo m'malo omwe adakhalapo kale. Kuchulukitsa kwa nyamazo kunabweranso m'nkhalango yowirira komanso yonyowa pafupi ndi madzi. Mtunduwu udakhudzidwa kwambiri kumadera akumwera, komwe malo awo achilengedwe adawonongeka.
Kumpoto kwa mzere, anthu akuchepa chifukwa cha anthu am'deralo omwe amawona nyama ya biturong kukhala chokoma kwambiri. Zaka makumi atatu zapitazi, chiwerengero cha anthu chatsika ndi pafupifupi chitatu.
Khalidwe
Nyamayi imakhala payokha, ngakhale nthawi zina pamakhala magulu ang'onoang'ono omwe amakhala ndi banja lokalamba ndi ana awo. Gululi, wamkazi amawalamulira.
Monga ma civetenti ena, ma biturong ali ndi zotulutsa zonunkhira zomwe zimakhala pansi pa mchira. Mothandizidwa ndi chinsinsi chobisika, Zizindikiro zimayikidwa pamitengo ndi udzu. Izi ndizomwe zimayang'ana malire amderalo. Kununkhira kwa kubisidwa kwobisalira sikuli konyansa; kumafanana ndi fungo labwino la zipatso. Pakakhala mantha kapena kudziteteza, achinyamata amatha kupopera madzi ndi fungo losasangalatsa komanso labwino kwambiri.
Ntchito za Biturong zimawonetsedwa usiku. Mumdima, amayenda mosamala komanso mosadukiza pakati panthambi za mitengo. Chifukwa cha kukula kwake kwakukulu, ndizovuta kuti adumphe kuchokera ku nthambi kupita ku nthambi. Kuti asamukire pamtengo wina, nyama zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito njirayi zimatsikira pansi, koma ndiyokwera bwino kwambiri. Zachilengedwe zinamudalitsa ndi thupi losinthika, miyendo yolimba, kuwonjezereka kwamawoko ndi mchira wolimba.
Chimbalangondo champhaka chimadziwikanso kuti ndi chosambira chachikulu komanso chosambira. Mukutentha, amalola kulowa m'madzi ndi madzi osamba ozizira.
Ngakhale kukhala carnivores, Binturong amadya makamaka zipatso. Ndi zala zonyansa, amasankha zipatsozo ndi kuziphwanya.
Zolakalaka zam'maso zimawonekera makamaka pakusaka mbalame ndi makoswe ang'ono. Kuzizira masana otentha padziwe, nyama zodyerazo sizoyipa kuti zibwezereni zakudya zanu ndi nsomba. Amakonda kudya paphwando la mazira mbalame ndi tizilombo tosiyanasiyana.
Binturong amalankhulana ndi anthu am'dzikoli mothandizidwa ndi ma siginito omveka. Pangozi yakeyo, amalira mofuula, ndipo ngati zikuvuta, agaluwo amakuwa. Kusangalala kumasonyezedwa m'mawu oseketsa.
Kuswana
Nthawi yakukhwima imachitika kawiri pachaka: kuyambira pa Okutobala mpaka Epulo komanso kuyambira Julayi mpaka Novembala. Pamapeto pa mimba, yomwe imatenga pafupifupi miyezi itatu, mkaziyo amatsikira pansi. M'masamba owala kwambiri osayang'ana m'maso, imapangira chisa.
Munthawi yake, ana obadwa ngati akhungu ndi agonthi amakula ngati mbewa yamunthu. Amadya mkaka wa m'mawere kwa miyezi iwiri. Pakadali pano, nthawi zambiri zazikazi zimalola kuti mwamunayo akhale pafupi naye. Ali ndi zaka 2,5, achinyamata amakhala okhwima.
Kufotokozera
Kutalika kwa thupi kuchokera pa 61 mpaka 96 masentimita, kulemera kwakukulu kuyambira 9 mpaka 14 kg. Anthu opeza bwino kwambiri olemera 20 kg amapezeka nthawi zina. Akazi ndi olemera 20% kuposa amuna. Thupi limakutidwa ndi tsitsi lalitali, lomwe limasintha utoto kukhala woderapo kukhala wakuda. Mphete zimakongoletsedwa ndi maonekedwe a tsitsi lalitali.
Msonga wa mchira wake ndi wolimba kwambiri ndipo ungagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati mwendo wowonjezera pamene mukugwira nthambi mukakwera mitengo. Nyamayo ili ndi mbewa yoyera yofiirira yomwe ili pansi pa maso a bulauni.
Chiyembekezo chokhala m'tchire ndi zaka 15, ndipo ukapolo wosamalidwa bwino wafika zaka 25.