Palawan stink badger  (Mydaus marchei)

Description

This peculiar-looking mammal has an elongated, mobile snout that looks like that of a pig (3) (4), but a well-furred body and clawed, stout forelimbs that look more like that of a badger (3). The soft fur on the back of the Palawan stink badger is brown to black, peppered with a few silver or white hairs, and the fur on the underside is brown (3). It has a pointed face, small ears and eyes, and well-developed anal scent glands (3), which, as its name suggests, secrete a foul-smelling fluid (4). The Palawan stink badger is one of only two stink badgers in existence, (animals belonging to the genus Mydaus), the other species being the Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis) (2).

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