Javan Stink Badger

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Javan Stink Badger
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Mephitidae Genus: Mydaus Species: M. javanensis
Binomial name
Mydaus javanensis (Desmarest, 1820)
Synonyms
Mydaus meliceps

The Javan Stink Badger (Mydaus javanensis, also called the Teledu, Malay Stink Badger and Indonesian Stink Badger) is a mammal endemic to Java. 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.

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v • d • e Extant species of family Mephitidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Carnivora · Suborder: Caniformia Conepatus Western Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus mesoleucus) · Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus leuconotus) · Striped Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus semistriatus) · Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus chinga) · Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus humboldtii) Mydaus Javan Stink Badger (Mydaus javanensis) · Palawan Stink Badger (Mydaus marchei) Mephitis Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) · Hooded Skunk (Mephitis macroura) Spilogale Western Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis) · Eastern Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius) · Pygmy Spotted Skunk (Spilogale pygmaea) Category