Ferret-badger
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Ferret-badger | |
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Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata) at Prague Zoo | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Subfamily: | Helictidinae J.E.Gray, 1865[1]
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Genus: | Melogale I. Saint-Hilaire, 1831 |
Type species | |
Melogale personata | |
Species | |
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Ferret-badgers are the six species of the genus Melogale,
- Bornean ferret-badger(Melogale everetti)
- Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata)
- Formosan ferret-badger (Melogale subaurantiaca)
- Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis)
- Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale personata)
- Vietnam ferret-badger (Melogale cucphuongensis)[7]
Human impact
The ferret-badger's impact on humans is through the spread of rabies. This has been documented in Taiwan and China but lack of prior documentation and research on ferret-badgers has proven a roadblock.[8][9][10]
References
Wikispecies has information related to Melogale.
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- ^ Tu, Wen-Jane (2020). "A study of the temporal dynamics and human exposure to the Formosan ferret-badger (Melogale moschata subaurantiaca) rabies, 2013 to 2019, Taiwan". The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine. 50 (4): 543–548.
- ^ Shoufeng, Zhang (2010). "Characterization of a rabies virus isolate from a ferret badger (Melogale moschata) with unique molecular differences in glycoprotein antigenic site III". Virus Research. 149 (2): 143–151.
- ^ Shoufeng, Zhang. "Rabies in Ferret Badgers, Southeastern China". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 15 (6): 946–949.