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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER CANIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Mustelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Mustelinae
--> GENUS Mellivora
SPECIES Mellivora capensis
| Author: | Schreber, 1776. | | Citation: | Die Säugethiere, 3(18): pl. 125[1776]; see also text, 3(26):450[1777]. | | Common Name: | Honey Badger | | Type Locality: | "Vorgebirge der guten Hofnung" [South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope]. | | Distribution: | Nepal (Savanna and steppe), India, Turkmenistan, Lebanon, South Africa. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (Ghana and Botswana); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Synonyms allocated according to Baryshnikov (2000) and Vanderhaar and Hwang (2003). |
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