Melogale personata I. Geoffroy, 1831 . Zool. Voy. de Belanger Indes Orient., p. 137.

TYPE LOCALITY: S. Burma, near Rangoon .

DISTRIBUTION: Rangoon (S. Burma) to Nepal and Assam (India), through Thailand and Vietnam; Java.

COMMENT: Includes orientalis, which may be a distinct species; see Long, 1978, Rep. Fauna Flora Wise., 14:1-6.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412004014003001 as M. personata .

5301412004014002001 as M. orientalis .