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GENUS Mydaus

Author:F. G. Cuvier, 1821.
Citation:In E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammifères, pt. 2, 3(27): "Telagon", 2 pp., 1 pl..
Type Species:Mydaus meliceps F. G. Cuvier, 1821 (= Mephitis javanensis Desmarest, 1820).
Comments:Lawrence (1939) believed that differences in dentition and pelage warranted separation of these taxa into separate, monotypic genera (i.e., Suillotaxus marchei, Mydaus javanensis). These differences parallel those found within the genus Melogale (Long and Killingley, 1983). This genus is provisionally placed in this family (see comments therein), its position may be better considered as incertae sedis.
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SPECIES javanensis

SUBSPECIES javanensis

SUBSPECIES lucifer

SUBSPECIES ollula

SPECIES marchei

Synonyms:

    Mephitis Desmarest, 1820
    Mydaon Gloger, 1865
    Suillotaxus Lawrence, 1939

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