Melogale moschata

Melogale moschata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: 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

Name

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, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831) (Least Concern)
• Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

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