Palawan stink badger

Palawan stink badger
Palawan stink badger
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mephitidae
Genus: Mydaus
Species: M. marchei
Binomial name
Mydaus marchei
(Huet, 1887)
Palawan stink badger range

The Palawan stink badger (Mydaus marchei) is a small skunk that lives on the Philippine Islands of Palawan and Busuanga. They live primarily in the grasslands and in cultivated areas on these islands.

References

  1. ^ Tabaranza, B., Ruedas L., Widmann, P. & Esselstyn, J. (2008). Mydaus marchei. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 January 2009.

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