Arctonyx albogularis

(E. Blyth, 1853)

Northern Hog Badger

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 590.

Original name as described

Meles albogularis

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Tibet.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Bhutan · India · Bangladesh · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

split from A. collaris

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K.M., Lim, N.T-L. and Helgen, L.E. 2008. The hog-badger is not an edentate: systematics and evolution of the genus Arctonyx (Mammalia: Mustelidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 353-385.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005853

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.

Arctonyx isonyx

Horsfield, 1856

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

isonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

398

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Arctonyx obscurus incultus

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

incultus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.6.10.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/608924a9-5700-4a25-8d07-5f898eeba1e5

Authority page

395

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253279

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Arctonyx leucolaemus orestes

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

orestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.6.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/265a9024-7fff-4865-8b98-055e03d45987

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252473

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Meles (Arctonyx) obscurus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1871)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1870-535

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

200, 202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524276 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524278

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Meles leucolaemus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

leucolaemus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1866-89

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1866-89

Authority page

374

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29126195

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Arctonyx leucolaemus milne-edwardsii

Lönnberg, 1923

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

milneedwardsii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355572

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Meles albogularis

(E. Blyth, 1853)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

albogularis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

590

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1863:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Arctonyx taxoides

E. Blyth, 1853

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

taxoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

591

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268101

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Arctonyx collaris albogularis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

albogularis

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 (2008:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Arctonyx collaris leucolaemus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

leucolaemus

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 (2008:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Arctonyx albogularis

K. M. Helgen, N. T.-L. Lim, & L. E. Helgen, 2008

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

albogularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Helgen, Lim & Helgen (2008:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/708)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/70206273/70206436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arctonyx collaris taraiyensis

J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

taraiyensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

7

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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