Javan Stink Badger

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Javan Stink Badger

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Melinae
Genus: Mydaus
Species: M. javanensis
Binomial name
Mydaus javanensis
(Desmarest, 1820)

The Javan Stink Badger (Mydaus javanensis, also called the Teledu, Malay Stink Badger and Indonesian Stink Badger) is a member of the badger family endemic to Java. There is strong DNA evidence that the genus Mydaus is not a member of the badger group at all, but are in fact Old World counterparts of the skunks.


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