Ferret-badger
| Ferret-badger | |
|---|---|
| Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata) at Prague Zoo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Helictidinae J.E.Gray, 1865 |
| Genus: | Melogale I. Saint-Hilaire, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Melogale personata | |
| Species | |
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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)
- Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata)
- Formosan ferret-badger (Melogale subaurantiaca)
- Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis)
- Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale personata)
- Vietnam ferret-badger (Melogale cucphuongensis)
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