Sunda stink badger

Sunda stink badger
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mephitidae
Genus:	Mydaus
Species:	M. javanensis
Binomial name
Mydaus javanensis (Desmarest, 1820)
Sunda stink badger range
Synonyms
Mydaus meliceps

The Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis, also called the Javan stink badger, teledu, Malay stink badger and Indonesian stink badger) is a mammal of Southeast Asia. There is strong DNA evidence that the genus Mydaus is not a member of the badger family at all, but are in fact Old World relatives of the skunks. There are two known subspecies.

Subspecies

• M. j. javanensis -- Java, Sumatra, and Natuna Islands
• M. j. lucifer -- Borneo^[2]

References

1. ^ Long, B., Hon, J., Azlan J. & Duckworth, J.W. (2008). Mydaus javanensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 January 2009.
2. ^ Itech.pjc.ed