Melogale moschata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamila: Mustelinae
Genus: Melogale
Species: Melogale moschata
Subspecies: M. m. ferreogrisea – M. m. hainanensis – M. m. millsi – M. m. moschata – M. m. sorella – M. m. subaurantiaca – M. m. taxilla

Names

Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831)

Type locality: "China," restricted by Allen (1929) to "Canton, Kwangtung Province, South China."

References

• Gray, J. E. 1831. [Characters of three new genera, including two new species of Mammalia from China.] Proceedings of the Biological Society of London, 1831: 94.
• Jay F. Storz and W. Chris Wozencraft, 1999. Melogale moschata, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammologists, No. 631, pp. 1-4, 3 figs.
• Melogale moschata in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• IUCN: Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831) (Least Concern)
• Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831) Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

brezhoneg: Furig-Broc'h Sinat
English: Chinese Ferret-badger
Nederlands: Chinese zonnedas
polski: Ryjonos piżmowy
suomi: Aurinkomäyrä
ไทย: หมาหริ่งจีน
Türkçe: Doğu Asya güneş porsuğu
中文: 鼬獾