Hog badger | |
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A. collaris | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Subfamily: | Melinae |
Genus: | Arctonyx Cuvier, 1825 |
Type species | |
Arctonyx collaris | |
Species | |
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Distribution of the genus Arctonyx |
Hog badgers are three species of mustelid in the genus Arctonyx. They represent one of the two genera in the subfamily Melinae, alongside the true badgers (genus Meles).