Northern hog badger

The northern hog badger, Arctonyx albogularis, is a mustelid native to South and East Asia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the greater hog badger, back when that species was thought to be the only one in the genus Arctonyx, until a 2008 study split the genus into three species. It is much smaller than the greater hog badger and has a more slender skull, and elderly animals show only a moderately developed sagittal crest. Its pelage is softer, with longer hairs than the other hog badgers and thick underfur in winter. The forequarters are blackish while the mid-back, tail and hindquarters are white or mixed with white, so it is darker than the greater hog badger but lighter than the Sumatran hog badger. It shows significant geographical variation, and some forms may represent distinct subspecies. Its range runs from northeast India and Bangladesh to most of eastern China, with an isolated record from eastern Mongolia.