Chinese ferret-badger | |
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At Prague Zoo. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Genus: | Melogale |
Species: | M. moschata
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Binomial name | |
Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831)
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Chinese ferret-badger range (also includes Formosan ferret-badger in Taiwan) | |
Synonyms | |
Helictis subaurantiaca |
The Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata), also known as the small-toothed ferret-badger is a member of the Mustelidae, and widely distributed in Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List and considered tolerant of modified habitat.[1]
The Chinese ferret-badger is densely distributed from Northeast India north to Central China south to northern Indochina. The Formosan ferret-badger (M. subaurantiaca) of Taiwan was formerly considered conspecific, but is now thought to be a distinct species.[2]
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