Hog Badger - TheLiving Encyclopedia

Hog badgers are three species of mustelid in the genus Arctonyx. They represent one of the two genera in the subfamily Melinae, alongside the true badgers.

📌 Taxonomy

Arctonyx was formerly considered a monotypic genus containing one species, A. collaris, but a 2008 study found it to comprise 3 distinct species, a finding later followed by the American Society of Mammalogists.

📌 Species

Three species are known: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- | || Northern hog badger (A. albogularis)|| South and East Asia. |- | ||Greater hog badger (A. collaris)||Southeast Asia. |- | ||Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii)||Sumatra in Indonesia. |- |}

📌 Conservation

The IUCN considers the greater hog badger (A. collaris), the northern hog badger (A. albogularis) and the Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) as three separate species. The greater hog badger is listed as a Vulnerable species. The other two are listed as Least Concern.

Quick Facts

Common Names:

Hog Badger, hog badger, Hog badger, Greater Hog Badger, asiaf ciuktoleem, Burmese Hog Badger, Indochinese Hog Badger

Class:

Mammalia

Data Completeness:

71%

Data Sources

🌍gbif

📚itis

📖wikipedia

🔬eol

🦎inaturalist

References

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Distribution Data

No distribution data available

Data will appear when observations are recorded