Melogale moschata

Phylogenetic history of mustelid fauna in Taiwan inferred from mitochondrial genetic loci

“…To date, six subspecies of this species have been recognised (Storz and Wozencraft 1999;Wozencraft 2005). The Taiwanese and Vietnamese individuals that we examined belong to M. moschata subaurantiaca and M. moschata taxilla, respectively.…”

A new otter of giant size,Siamogale melilutrasp. nov. (Lutrinae: Mustelidae: Carnivora), from the latest Miocene Shuitangba site in north-eastern Yunnan, south-western China, and a total-evidence phylogeny of lutrines

“…Within the framework of molecular phylogenies, such as that by Sato et al (2012), the basal position of melines within living mustelids suggests that the presence of a postprotocrista on M1 in the badgers is a primitive condition, as seen in all non-mustelid carnivorans, and its absence is a derived condition starting somewhere near Martes and persisting through lutrines -that is, loss of the postprotocrista is not homoplastic. As for the accessory cusp behind the M1 metacone, it is largely confined to the meline clade (Wallace & Wang 2004), although this cuspule is also seen in Melogale (Teilhard de Chardin & Leroy 1945;Storz & Wozencraft 1999). With the molecular constraint, therefore, upper molars in mionictines (Mionictis, Lartetictis, Adroverictis, Trochictis) present a meline plan, as Ginsburg & Morales (1996) had envisioned.…”

Ranging and activity patterns of the group-living ferret badger Melogale moschata in central China

“…One of the lesser-known members of the subfamily Mustelinae is the Chinese ferret badger (Melogale moschata), which occurs in forests and open, grassy habitats and farmland in southeastern Asia, including China (Storz and Wozencraft 1999). Although little is known about Chinese ferret badgers (Chuang and Lee 1997;Pei and Wang 1995;Wang and Fuller 2003), they are classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List (Mustelid Specialist Group 1996) because of anthropogenic pressures, including hunting (Shou 1962) and habitat destruction.…”