Ferret-badger

Ferret-badgers are the six species of the genus Melogale,^[2] which is the only genus of the monotypic mustelid subfamily Helictidinae.^[3][4][5][6]

• Bornean ferret-badger (Melogale everetti)
• Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata)
• Formosan ferret-badger (Melogale subaurantiaca)
• Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis)
• Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale personata)
• Vietnam ferret-badger (Melogale cucphuongensis)^[7]

Ferret-badger
Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata) at Prague Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Helictidinae J.E.Gray, 1865[1]
Genus:	Melogale I. Saint-Hilaire, 1831
Type species
Melogale personata
Species
Melogale everetti Melogale moschata Melogale subaurantiaca Melogale orientalis Melogale personata Melogale cucphuongensis

Human impact

The ferret-badger's impact on humans is through the spread of rabies. This has been documented in Taiwan and China but lack of prior documentation and research on ferret-badgers has proven a roadblock.^[8][9][10]