Melogale moschata

(J. E. Gray, 1831)

Small-toothed Ferret-badger

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Helictidinae
Genus : Melogale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831, 94

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861502

Original name as described

Helictis moschata

Other common names

Chinese Ferret-badger

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:207a, BMNH:Mamm:71b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b34a12fc-4ba2-45fe-b868-e15103bb1c3f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f0b80263-04ac-421f-8afc-8cc56074066f

Type locality

S China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Bhutan? · Myanmar · Vietnam · Laos · China

Taxonomy notes

previously included subaurantiaca

Taxonomy notes citation

Rozhnov, V. V., M. P. Korablev, and A. V. Abramov. "Systematics and distribution of ferret badgers Melogale (Mammalia, Mustelidae) in Vietnam: first genetic data." Doklady Biological Sciences. Vol. 485. No. 1. Pleiades Publishing, 2019.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005828

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Helictis taxilla sorella

(G. M. Allen, 1929)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sorella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-85030

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-85030

Authority page

8

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Helictis millsi

(O. Thomas, 1922)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

millsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.6.6.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10617d9b-66e3-4dec-8f81-bb7ec67cc05b

Authority page

432

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30113006

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Helictis taxilla

(O. Thomas, 1925)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

taxilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.1.36

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/06921f02-1047-48e2-a64c-b656261ee485

Authority page

500

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Helictis moschata

(J. E. Gray, 1831)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

moschata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:207a, BMNH:Mamm:71b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b34a12fc-4ba2-45fe-b868-e15103bb1c3f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f0b80263-04ac-421f-8afc-8cc56074066f

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861502

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Lesson (1842:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Gray (1865:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Melogale moschata hainanensis

Zheng Yonglie & Xu Longhui, 1983

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

hainanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

GIE 051

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

168

Authority publication

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Melogale moschata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

moschata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

98

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:260, 261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41626/45209676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Melogale moschata ferreogrisea

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ferreogrisea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Melogale moschata millsi

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

millsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Melogale moschata moschata

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

moschata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Melogale moschata sorella

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sorella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Melogale moschata taxilla

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

taxilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Helictis ferreo-griseus

(Hilzheimer, 1905)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ferreogrisea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

298

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10359662

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

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