Hog badger

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 (genus Meles).

Hog badger
A. collaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Melinae
Genus:	Arctonyx Cuvier, 1825
Type species
Arctonyx collaris
Species
A. albogularis A. collaris A. hoevenii
Distribution of the genus Arctonyx

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.^[1][2]

Species

Three species are known:^[2]

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.^[3][4]