Melogale subaurantiaca
(Swinhoe, 1862)
Formosan 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
Authority citation
P.Z.S. 355
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577399Original name as described
Helictis subaurantiaca
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1862.12.24.22, RMNH.MAM.39193
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39193 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/60fbec28-faa5-45af-8911-0a1a0b2c4aacType locality
Taiwan.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Taiwan
Taxonomy notes
split from moschata
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
Not Evaluated
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