Hog badger


Hog badgers are three species of mustelid in the genus Arctonyx. They represent one of the two genera in the subfamily Melinae, alongside the true badgers.

Taxonomy

Arctonyx was formerly considered a monotypic genus containing one species, Greater [hog badger|A. collaris], but a 2008 study found it to comprise 3 distinct species, a finding later followed by the American Society of Mammalogists.

Species

Three species are known:
ImageScientific nameDistribution
Northern hog badger South and East Asia.
Greater hog badger Southeast Asia.
Sumatran hog badger Sumatra in Indonesia.

Conservation

The IUCN considers the greater hog badger, the northern hog badger and the Sumatran hog badger as three separate species. The greater hog badger is listed as a Vulnerable species. The other two are listed as Least Concern.