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Melogale moschata (carnivore)

Mass: 1.0 kg based on Wang and Fuller 2003 and Zhang et al. 2010

Diet: invertivore based on Chuang and Lee 1997 and Wang and Fuller 2003; invertivore-carnivore based on Wu 1999

Abundance: 0.08 to 11.84% (median 3.34%)

Latitudinal range: 22.3° to 33.7°

Habitats: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2)

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Found in 6 samples

China: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (camera traps), Nonggang National Nature Reserve, Gutianshan National Nature Reserve, Foping National Nature Reserve (2020), Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve

Taiwan: Nanzihshian (camera traps, April)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass1146 kgN = 12Wang and Fuller 2003
♀ body mass890 gN = 8Zhang et al. 2010
♂ body mass1419 kgN = 8Wang and Fuller 2003
♂ body mass900 gN = 14Zhang et al. 2010
♀ tail length196.9 mmN = 8Zhang et al. 2010
♂ tail length209.3 mmN = 14Zhang et al. 2010
♀ total body length320.6 mmN = 8Zhang et al. 2010
♂ total body length320.4 mmN = 14Zhang et al. 2010

See also Melogale, Melogale orientalis, Melogale personata, Melogale sp.

Current reference: Huckleberry et al. 2001 (ER 3215)