Javan ferret-badger

The Javan ferret-badger, Melogale orientalis, is a mustelid endemic to Java and Bali in Indonesia, listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List and found from at least 260 to 2,230 metres in or near forested areas. An adult weighs 1 to 2 kilograms, with a body length of 35 to 40 centimetres and a tail of 14.5 to 17 centimetres. It has a small head with a narrow blunt snout, long whiskers, large eyes and low-slung brown silky fur tinged with red, with white markings on the face, neck, throat, chest and abdomen. Like other ferret-badgers it is fossorial and uses existing burrows in the forest floor. It is mainly nocturnal, and small groups of adults and juveniles forage together on small animals, birds, amphibians, eggs, carrion and invertebrates, and also eat fruit. In Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park it seems fairly common and scavenges food scraps at picnic areas after dark.