A zoo has posted a video online of a baby bearcat snoring after taking delivery of the five-week-old female.
The unnamed bearcat, or binturong, was moved to Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio after being born at Nashville Zoo in Tennessee in September.
The youngster will grow up to become a GoBearcats live mascot for the University of Cincinnati (UC) athletics department.
Posting the video of the sleeping animal to Facebook, the zoo said: “Sound on to hear the baby bearcat snoring.”
Sound on to hear the baby bearcat snoring ?
Posted by Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden on Sunday, October 20, 2019
“We hope to get her up to UC to make her Fifth Third Arena debut in the second half of the 2019-20 season.
“Prior to that, we’ll work on getting her accustomed to the sights and sounds that she will encounter off site. She has already been exposed to (the university colours) black and red!”
Let’s end your day on a high note with this adorable image of our new baby bearcat fast asleep! Sweet dreams little one and welcome to Cincinnati!
Posted by Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden on Friday, October 18, 2019
Cincinnati Zoo and UC are currently asking for suggestions for names for the baby on Facebook and Twitter.
The new bearcat is a subspecies known as a Palawan binturong, which is native to an island of the same name in the Philippines.
