THE BINT0RONG. This is an animal of such differing characteristics that it is difficult to classify. U has ear-tufts like a 

 partly retractile like those of a Cat, it has a prehensile tail like some of the American Monkeys, has much in its structure that reminds one o the C vet fa nfly 

 with which it Is placed by some naturalists, but is somewhat clumsy and slow, and has many traits of the Bear family, with which it is generally classed It is 

 appropriately pictured In a trop,cal forest, for it is an arboreal animal and is found in southeastern Asia and on the Malay Islands. {ArctutisiMutong) 



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