Sunda stink badger

Sunda stink badger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mephitidae
Genus: Mydaus
Species:
M. javanensis
Binomial name
Mydaus javanensis
(Desmarest, 1820)[2]
Sunda stink badger range
Synonyms

Mydaus meliceps[3]

The Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis), also called the Javan stink badger, teledu, Malay stink badger, Malay badger, Indonesian stink badger and Sunda skunk, is a mammal native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Despite the common name, stink badgers are not closely related to true badgers, and are, instead, Old World relatives of the skunks.[4] Coincidentally, its local name sigung in Sundanese[5] is a false cognate to skunk which is of Algonquian origin.

  1. ^ Wilting, A.; Duckworth, J.W.; Meijaard, E.; Ross, J.; Hearn, A.; Ario, A. (2015). "Mydaus javanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41628A45209955. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41628A45209955.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Desmarest, A. G. (1820). "Esp. Moufette de Java, mephitis javanensis". Mammalogie ou description des espèces des Mammifères. Paris: Agasse. p. 187.
  3. ^ Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, É.; Cuvier, F. (1821). "Le télagon". Histoire naturelle des mammifères. Vol. 3. Paris. pp. 1–2.
  4. ^ Dragoo, J. W. & Honeycutt, R. L. (1997). "Systematics of mustelid-like carnivores". Journal of Mammalogy. 78 (2): 426–443. doi:10.2307/1382896. JSTOR 1382896.
  5. ^ Becking, J. H., ed. (1989). Henry Jacob Victor Sody (1892-1959): His life and work. A biographical and bibliographical study. Leiden: E.J. Brill. pp. 151–2. ISBN 978-90-04-08687-6.