Stink badgers
Order : Carnivora
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Melinae
Genus : Mydaus
Animals in the genus Mydaus |
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| Sunda stink badger |
Facts about the genus Mydaus, the stink badgers
The next MYDAUS is scheduled for the spring of 2006. (Full text)
The Maine Youth Drug and Alcohol Use Survey (MYDAUS) is administered by the Maine Office of Substance Abuse, Department of Health and Human Services. (Full text)
The scientific name for this genus of badgers, Mydaus, is said to be a reference to the unpleasant smell of the stink badgers, being derived from the Greek word mudao ("I am damp"), which in turn is derived from the Greek word for damp or decay, mudos [b005]. (Full text)
htm Maine Youth Drug and Alcohol Use Survey (MYDAUS) The overall goal of the Maine Youth Drug and Alcohol Use Survey (MYDAUS) is to identify patterns of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among middle and high school students in Maine, and to estimate the number and characteristics of students in this age group who are at elevated risk of drug use and related problems, which are found at multiple levels. (Full text)
Distribution The distribution of the stink badgers is as follows: (Full text)
As it stands, the classification for the stink badgers is a bit unusual. (Full text)
[More] Names The stink badgers are well named - both species produce foul-smelling emissions from their anal glands. (Full text)
Introduction It's not too difficult to guess why the stink badgers are so called! (Full text)
Habitat / Behavior: The stink badgers are rather small, short and stocky animals, with pointed snouts, short but muscular legs (with long claws on the front feet) and short tails. (Full text)
Stink badgers are primarily nocturnal. (Full text)
The stink badgers are relatively small animals, as badgers go. (Full text)
lucifer The Indonesian and Palawan stink badgers are sometimes classified in two seperate subgenera: Genus: Mydaus (stink badgers) (Full text)
Although there is some dispute as to whether or not the stink badgers are true badgers, there is no such debate regarding the honey badger, also known as the ratel (Mellivora capensis).
The stink badgers are really skunks! (Full text)
It does not appear that Palawan stink badgers are sexually dimorphic. (Full text)
Stink badgers are about as long as spotted skunks but as wide as striped skunks. (Full text)
