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Mydaus javanensis

Description

Mydaus javanensis (Desmarest 1820)

[Mephitis] javanensis Desmarest 1820, Mammalogie, in: Encycl. Meth., Part I: 187.

Type Locality: "l'île de Java." [Indonesia, Java].

Vernacular Names: Sunda Stink Badger.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Mydaus javanensis subsp. javanensis Desmarest 1820

Subspecies Mydaus javanensis subsp. lucifer Thomas 1902

Subspecies Mydaus javanensis subsp. ollula Thomas 1902

Distribution: Indonesia (Java, Borneo, Sumatra and the Natuna Isls) and Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Chasen (1940) and Hwang and Lariviere (2003).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 622, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Mephitidae
Genus
Mydaus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Desmarest
Species
javanensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mydaus javanensis (Desmarest, 1820) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Desmarest, A. G. 1820, 1822. Mammalogie ou description des espece de mammiferes. Encyclopedie Methodique. Agasse, Paris, 555 pp., 66 plates.
  • Chasen, F. N. 1940. A handlist of Malaysian mammals: A systematic list of the mammals of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java, including the adjacent small islands. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, 15: 1 - 209.
  • Hwang, Y. T., and S. Lariviere. 2003. Mydaus javanensis. Mammalian Species, 723: 1 - 3.