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Sunda Stink Badger

Mammals

The Sunda stink badger, also called the Javan stink badger, teledu, Malay stink badger, Malay badger, Indonesian stink badger, or Sunda skunk, is a mammal native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Despite its common name it is not closely related to true badgers, and is instead an Old World relative of the skunks. Its local Sundanese name, sigung, is a coincidental false cognate of the English word skunk, which comes from an Algonquian language.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Mydaus javanensis 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Mydaus, Taxa
Source Sunda Stink Badger (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Sunda Stink Badger (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q570548 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Mydaus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q1507049 (Mydaus)
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3. Wikipedia: Sunda Stink Badger
WikipediaSpeciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
Quote, Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
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