A medium-sized hog badger found around the Himalayas and in China and neighboring regions. It digs burrows beside waterways and under boulders.
The forequarters are generally blackish, with white mixed into the mid-back, hindquarters and tail. The fur is long and soft, and coat color varies by region and individual.
It digs burrows beside rivers and streams or under boulders, and lives in forests and grasslands.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.