Biology:Hog badger
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| A. collaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Melinae |
| Genus: | Arctonyx Cuvier, 1825 |
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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).
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]
- Northern hog badger (A. albogularis)
- Greater hog badger (A. collaris)
- Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii)
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]
References
- ↑ Helgen, Kristofer M.; Lim, Norman T.-L.; Helgen, Lauren E. (2008). "The hog-badger is not an edentate: systematics and evolution of the genus Arctonyx (Mammalia: Mustelidae)" (in en). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154 (2): 353–385. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00416.x. ISSN 1096-3642. PMID 32287392. PMC 7107037. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00416.x.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Explore the Database". https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html.
- ↑ Helgen, K.; Chan, B. (2016). "Arctonyx albogularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T70206273A70206436. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T70206273A70206436.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/70206273/70206436. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ↑ Holden, J.; Helgen, K.; Shepherd, C.; McCarthy, J. (2016). "Arctonyx hoevenii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T70205771A70205927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T70205771A70205927.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/70205771/70205927. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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