#melogale

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Chinese Ferret-badger Melogale moschata

A mustelid found in southern China and parts of Southeast Asia. They acclimate well to areas of human habitation, taking advantage of human-made sites suitable as resting spots, such as firewood stacks and rock piles, and using farmland and vegetable gardens as feeding sites.

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It’s Peanut Butter Jelly time - literally! Peanut Butter and Jelly, our Javan ferret badgers, have been briefly living in the nursery at the HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center and will soon move to their permanent behind-the-scenes home at the Zoo.

Javan Ferret Badger | Nashville Zoo

[best-mammal-tournaments]

Best Mustelid Tournament

R2: Chinese Ferret-Badger (melogale moschata) vs Javan Ferret-Badger (melogale orientalis) vs Burmese Ferret-Badger (melogale personata)

Chinese Ferret-Badger

Javan Ferret-Badger

Burmese Ferret-Badger

Voting ended onAug 23, 2025

Note: No species of Melogale has a photograph of a live specimen on their Wikipedia page. Image credits for the above photos are as follows:

Chinese ferret-badger by Chien Jen Wang

Javan ferret-badger by Eric Yanhong

Burmese ferret-badger by Johannes Pfleiderer

[tobyisave]

melogale spp (ferret-badgers)

[animalids]

Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata subaurantiaca)

Photo by Chien Jen Wang

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Melogale personata - Burmese Ferret-Badger

[the-faunal-frontier]

Melogale moschata - Chinese Ferret-Badger

[best-mammal-tournaments]

Best Mustelid Tournament

CW: Taxidermised animal under the cut

R3: Bornean Ferret-Badger (melogale everetti) vs Javan Ferret-Badger (melogale orientalis) 

Bornean Ferret-Badger

Javan Ferret-Badger

Voting ended onAug 24, 2025