Ferret-badger

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Ferret-badger
Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata) at Prague Zoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Helictidinae
J.E.Gray, 1865[1]
Genus: Melogale
I. Saint-Hilaire, 1831
Type species
Melogale personata

Species
  • Melogale everetti
  • Melogale moschata
  • Melogale subaurantiaca
  • Melogale orientalis
  • Melogale personata
  • Melogale cucphuongensis

Ferret-badgers are the six species of the genus Melogale,

mustelid subfamily Helictidinae.[3][4][5][6]

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]

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  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Shoufeng, Zhang. "Rabies in Ferret Badgers, Southeastern China". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 15 (6): 946–949.