Sunda stink badger
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| Sunda stink badger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mephitidae |
| Genus: | Mydaus |
| Species: | M. javanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mydaus javanensis (Desmarest, 1820) |
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| Sunda stink badger range | |
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Mydaus meliceps |
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The Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis, also called the Javan stink badger, teledu, Malay stink badger and Indonesian stink badger) is a mammal of Southeast Asia. There is strong DNA evidence that the genus Mydaus is not a member of the badger family at all, but are in fact Old World relatives of the skunks. There are two known subspecies.
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[edit] References
- ^ Long, B., Hon, J., Azlan J. & Duckworth, J.W. (2008). Mydaus javanensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 January 2009.
- ^ Itech.pjc.ed
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