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
System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleAgricultural or Structural Pest 2 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Mydaus, Taxa Source Sunda Stink Badger (Wikidata)
In Biome
Alpine, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Mydaus javanensis
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Mydaus javanensis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHabitat Regions, Mydaus javanensis
Habitat Regions tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative Impacts
Negative Impacts crop pest
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
In Biome: Alpine, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes forest forest mountains mountains
View the Source 3. 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)
View the Source 4. Wikipedia: Sunda Stink Badger
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