The greater hog badger, Arctonyx collaris, is a very large terrestrial mustelid native to Southeast Asia. It has medium-length brown hair, a stocky body, a white throat and two black stripes on an elongated white snout ending in a pink, pig-like nose, with a snout-to-rump length of 65 to 104 centimetres and a weight of 7 to 14 kilograms, which makes it one of the largest living terrestrial mustelids. It resembles the European badger but has a pronounced snout and larger claws on the front feet. It is fairly common in Thailand and most of mainland Southeast Asia, living in tropical evergreen forests and grasslands, and it also occurs in the Terai of the Indian subcontinent. It is active by day, omnivorous, eating fruits, roots and small animals, and clouded leopards eat many of them. The IUCN lists it as Vulnerable because poaching is thought to be driving the population down.
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They are also to be found in the Terai of the Indian subcontinent; from the Yamuna River east, through the states of Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and West Bengal.
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The greater hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) is a very large terrestrial mustelid native to Southeast Asia.
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It is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because the global population is thought to be declining due to high levels of poaching.
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The greater hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) is a very large terrestrial mustelid native to Southeast Asia.
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The hog badger is omnivorous; its diet consists of fruits, roots and small animals.
Section: Behaviour and ecology, activity pattern
The hog badger is active by day and not very wary of humans.
Section: Distribution and habitat
The greater hog badger is considered fairly common in Thailand and most of mainland Southeast Asia, living in tropical evergreen forests and grasslands.
Section: Distribution and habitat, where it lives
They are also to be found in the Terai of the Indian subcontinent; from the Yamuna River east, through the states of Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and West Bengal.
Conservation, poaching
It is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because the global population is thought to be declining due to high levels of poaching.
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