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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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    Meles Japanese badger, Meles anakuma Asian badger, Meles leucurus European badger, Meles meles Caucasian badger, Meles canescens Subfamily Helictidinae...
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    The Caucasian badger (Meles canescens) or Southwest Asian badger is a species of badger native to Western Asia and some islands in the Mediterranean Sea...
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    honey badger (Mellivora capensis), also known as the ratel (/ˈrɑːtəl/ or /ˈreɪtəl/), is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and the...
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    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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    meles) and Asian (M. leucurus) badgers. In Japan, it is called by the name anaguma (穴熊) meaning "hole-bear", or mujina (むじな, 狢). Japanese badgers are generally...
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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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    are a diverse family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, stoats, badgers, otters, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids...
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    Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called common palm civet, toddy cat and musang, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia....
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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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    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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    ferret-badger (Melogale moschata), also known as the small-toothed ferret-badger is a member of the Mustelidae, and widely distributed in Southeast Asia. It...
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    The greater hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) is a very large terrestrial mustelid native to Southeast Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List...
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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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    The northern hog badger (Arctonyx albogularis) is a species of mustelid native to South and East Asia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the greater...
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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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    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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    The Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis) is a mustelid endemic to Java and Bali, Indonesia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List and...
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    In the 1980s, a few Asian small-clawed otters escaped from captivity in England and established a population in the wild. The Asian small-clawed otter...
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    in Asian black bears. The lateral slips of the temporal muscles are thicker and stronger in Asian black bears. In contrast to polar bears, Asian black...
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  • of fictional badgers. Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the weasel family, Mustelidae. The personality and behavior of the real badger has greatly...
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    Weasel (category Carnivorans of Asia)
    and short legs. The family Mustelidae, or mustelids (which also includes badgers, otters, and wolverines), is often referred to as the "weasel family"....
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    Mongoose (category Mammals of Asia)
    (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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    Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) Meles Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Caucasian badger (M. canescens) Asian badger (M. leucurus) European badger (M. meles)...
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    lynx (Lynx lynx) is the largest in size. It is native to European, Central Asian, and Siberian forests. While its conservation status has been classified...
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    Civet (category Mammals of Asia)
    Macrogalidia, Paguma and Paradoxurus.[citation needed] In Sri Lanka, the Asian palm civet species is known as "uguduwa" by the Sinhala-speaking community...
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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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    appearance. Japanese raccoon dogs often mistakenly translated into English as "badger" or "raccoon" (as used in the English translation of the film Pom Poko and...
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    Wolverine (category Mammals of Asia)
    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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    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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