Melogale

• Chinese Ferret-badger Melogale moschata

  

  The Chinese ferret-badger is a small badger with a white forehead, black face, and long bushy tail. It is active at night and eats insects, earthworms, and small animals.

• Javan Ferret-badger Melogale orientalis

  

  The Javan ferret-badger is recorded in the hills and mountains of Java and Bali. It searches for food by digging through leaf litter at night.

• Burmese Ferret-badger Melogale personata

  

  The Burmese ferret-badger has distinctive black-and-white facial markings and a white stripe down its back. It is mostly nocturnal and rests in burrows or other shelters by day.

• Formosan Ferret-badger Melogale subaurantiaca

  

  The Formosan ferret-badger of Taiwan has a white stripe along its back. It is usually solitary and nocturnal, eating small animals, insects, earthworms, and fruit.

• Cuc Phuong Ferret Badger Melogale cucphuongensis

  This small ferret-badger was described from Vietnam. Its 2011 paper used one museum specimen and a photograph of a second animal; the IUCN assessment also emphasizes how few records exist.

• Bornean Ferret-badger Melogale everetti

  The Bornean ferret-badger is a hard-to-see nocturnal carnivore recorded in the mountains of western Sabah in northern Borneo.

• Chinese Ferret-badger Melogale moschata

  The Chinese ferret-badger is a small badger with a white forehead, black face, and long bushy tail. It is active at night and eats insects, earthworms, and small animals.

• Burmese Ferret-badger Melogale personata

  The Burmese ferret-badger has distinctive black-and-white facial markings and a white stripe down its back. It is mostly nocturnal and rests in burrows or other shelters by day.

• Javan Ferret-badger Melogale orientalis

  The Javan ferret-badger is recorded in the hills and mountains of Java and Bali. It searches for food by digging through leaf litter at night.

• Formosan Ferret-badger Melogale subaurantiaca

  The Formosan ferret-badger of Taiwan has a white stripe along its back. It is usually solitary and nocturnal, eating small animals, insects, earthworms, and fruit.