| Chinese ferret-badger | |
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| At Prague Zoo. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | Melogale |
| Species: | M. moschata
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| Binomial name | |
| Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831)
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| Chinese ferret-badger range (also includes Formosan ferret-badger in Taiwan) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Helictis subaurantiaca | |
The Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata), also known as the small-toothed ferret-badger is a member of the Mustelidae, and widely distributed in Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List and considered tolerant of modified habitat.[1]
The Chinese ferret-badger is densely distributed from Northeast India north to Central China south to northern Indochina. The Formosan ferret-badger (M. subaurantiaca) of Taiwan was formerly considered conspecific, but is now thought to be a distinct species.[2]
- ^ a b Duckworth, J.W.; Abramov, A.V.; Willcox, D.H.A.; Timmins, R.J.; Choudhury, A.; Roberton, S.; Long, B. & Lau, M. (2016). "Melogale moschata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41626A45209676. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41626A45209676.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Melogale subaurantiaca (Swinhoe, 1862)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2021-06-26.