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Ferret Badgers
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Ferret Badgers

Melogale

Ferret-badgers are the six species of the genus Melogale, which is the only genus of the monotypic mustelid subfamily Helictidinae.

Bornean ferret-badger (Melogale everetti)

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Formosan Ferret Badger

speciesMelogale subaurantiaca

Small-toothed Ferret Badger

speciesMelogale moschata

Large-toothed Ferret Badger

speciesMelogale personata

Javan Ferret Badger

speciesMelogale orientalis

Bornean Ferret Badger

speciesMelogale everetti

Vietnamese Ferret Badger

speciesMelogale cucphuongensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41835.