Bornean ferret-badger
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| Bornean ferret-badger | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | 'Melogale' |
| Species: | ''M. everetti'' |
| Binomial name | |
| Melogale everetti (Thomas, 1895)
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| Bornean ferret-badger range | |
The Bornean ferret-badger (Melogale everetti), also known as Everett's ferret-badger or the Kinabalu ferret-badger, is a member of the family Mustelidae. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This species of ferret-badger is only known with certainty from the highland forests on Mount Kinabalu and nearby regions in Sabah, Malaysia, but is suspected to occur elsewhere on Borneo, including Brunei, Kalimantan (to Indonesia) and Sarawak (to Malaysia). Their biggest threat is habitat loss through the rapid deforestation in Borneo.
References[edit]
- ^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Taxoboxes with the error color
- Taxoboxes with the incertae sedis color
- Taxobox articles possibly missing a taxonbar
- Melogale
- Endemic fauna of Malaysia
- Mammals of Borneo
- Carnivora of Malaysia
- Mammals of Indonesia
- Animals described in 1895