The Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) is a species of carnivoran of the family Mustelidae, the weasels and their kin. Endemic to Japan, it is found on Honshu...
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Northern hog badger, Arctonyx albogularis Greater hog badger, Arctonyx collaris Sumatran hog badger, Arctonyx hoevenii Genus Meles Japanese badger, Meles anakuma...
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The honey badger (Mellivora capensis), also known as the ratel (/ˈrɑːtəl/ or /ˈreɪtəl/), is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and...
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The American badger (Taxidea taxus) is a North American badger similar in appearance to the European badger, although not closely related. It is found...
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The Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), also known by its Japanese name tanuki (Japanese: 狸, たぬき), is a species of canid endemic to Japan. It...
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The European badger (Meles meles), also known as the Eurasian badger, is a badger species in the family Mustelidae native to Europe and West Asia and parts...
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Iriomote cat Japanese badger Japanese boar Japanese Bobtail Japanese black bear Japanese dormouse Japanese dwarf flying squirrel Japanese giant flying...
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Stink badgers or false badgers are the species of the genus Mydaus of the skunk family of carnivorans, the Mephitidae. They resemble the better-known members...
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Mujina (category CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja))
Mujina (貉) is an old Japanese term primarily referring to the Japanese badger, but traditionally to the Japanese raccoon dog (tanuki), causing confusion...
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ferret-badger (Melogale moschata) Formosan ferret-badger (Melogale subaurantiaca) Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis) Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale...
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The Asian badger (Meles leucurus), also known as the sand badger, is a species of badger native to Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Korean...
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Asian badger's. Its fur can be distinguished from the Asian and Japanese badgers by its facial mask, which resembles that of the European badger. The Caucasian...
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are a diverse family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, stoats, badgers, otters, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids...
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Meles (genus) (category Badgers)
Meles is a genus of badgers containing four living species known as Eurasian badgers, the Japanese badger (Meles anakuma), Asian badger (Meles leucurus)...
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Weasel (redirect from Weasels in Japanese folklore)
weasels reach several hundred years of age, they become mujina (Japanese badgers). In Japanese, weasels are called iizuna or izuna (飯綱) and in the Tōhoku Region...
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The Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata), also known as the small-toothed ferret-badger is a member of the Mustelidae, and widely distributed in...
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Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis), also called the Javan stink badger, teledu, Malay stink badger, Malay badger, Indonesian stink badger and Sunda...
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hog badger (A. albogularis) Greater hog badger (A. collaris) Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) Meles Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Caucasian badger (M....
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Otter (redirect from Otters in Japanese folklore)
Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines, among other animals. The term "otter" originates...
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necessary. The two confirmed subspecies of Japanese marten are: M. m. melampus lives on several of the Japanese islands. M. m. tsuensis is endemic to Tsushima...
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Lynx (category CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja))
Hasegawa, Y. [in Japanese]; Kaneko, H.; Tachibana, M.; Tanaka, G. (2011). 日本における後期更新世~前期完新世産のオオヤマネコLynxについて [A study of the extinct Japanese Lynx from the...
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weasel family, skunks have as their closest relatives the Old World stink badgers. In alphabetical order, the living species of skunks are: Family Mephitidae...
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Cyclopædia. 1879. "Fox". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (9th ed.). 1879. "The Badger and the Fox". Popular Science Monthly. Vol. 38. April 1891. Reprinted from...
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(link) Drabeck, D. H.; Dean, A. M.; Jansa, S. A. (2015). "Why the honey badger don't care: Convergent evolution of venom-targeted nicotinic acetylcholine...
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ferret-badger (Melogale personata), also known as the large-toothed ferret-badger, is a mustelid native to Southeast Asia. The Burmese ferret-badger has...
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hog badger (A. albogularis) Greater hog badger (A. collaris) Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) Meles Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Caucasian badger (M....
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hog badger (A. albogularis) Greater hog badger (A. collaris) Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) Meles Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Caucasian badger (M....
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Similarly, the Hungarian name is rozsomák or torkosborz which means "gluttonous badger".[citation needed] In French-speaking parts of Canada, the wolverine is...
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hog badger (A. albogularis) Greater hog badger (A. collaris) Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) Meles Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Caucasian badger (M....
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hog badger (A. albogularis) Greater hog badger (A. collaris) Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) Meles Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Caucasian badger (M....
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