Ferret-badger
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| Melogale | |
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| Mounted Burmese ferret-badger at the Natural History Museum of Genoa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Melinae |
| Genus: | Melogale I. Saint-Hilaire, 1831 |
| species | |
Ferret-badgers are the five species of mustelids of the genus Melogale.[1]
- Bornean ferret-badger (Melogale everetti)
- Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata)
- Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis)
- Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale personata)
- Vietnam ferret-badger (Melogale cucphuongensis)[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Wozencraft, W.C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 612–613. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Nadler, T.; Streicher, U.; Stefen, C.; Schwierz, E.; Roos, C. (2011). "A new species of ferret-badger, Genus Melogale, from Vietnam". Der Zoologische Garten 80 (5): 271–286. doi:10.1016/j.zoolgart.2011.08.004.
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