Melogale I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 612

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Melogale I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831 , in: Belanger (ed.), Voy. Indes Orient., 3 (Zoologie), 129: pl. 5 [issued 13 March 1831].

Type Species: Melogale personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831

Synonyms: Helictis Gray 1831 ; Nesictis Thomas 1922 ; Rhinogale Gloger 1841 .

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 14 subspecies:

Species Melogale everetti Thomas 1895

Species Melogale moschata Gray 1831

Subspecies Melogale moschata subsp. moschata Gray 1831

Subspecies Melogale moschata subsp. ferreogrisea Hilzheimer 1905

Subspecies Melogale moschata subsp. hainanensis Zheng and Xu 1983

Subspecies Melogale moschata subsp. millsi Thomas 1922

Subspecies Melogale moschata subsp. sorella G. M. Allen 1929

Subspecies Melogale moschata subsp. subaurantiaca Swinhoe 1862

Subspecies Melogale moschata subsp. taxilla Thomas 1925

Species Melogale orientalis (Horsfield 1821)

Subspecies Melogale orientalis subsp. orientalis Horsfield 1821

Subspecies Melogale orientalis subsp. sundaicus Sody 1937

Species Melogale personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831

Subspecies Melogale personata subsp. personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831

Subspecies Melogale personata subsp. laotum Thomas 1922

Subspecies Melogale personata subsp. nipalensis Hodgson 1836

Subspecies Melogale personata subsp. pierrei Bonhote 1903

Subspecies Melogale personata subsp. tonquinia Thomas 1922

Discussion: There is uncertainty as to the total number of species in this genus. Most recent authors tend to consider everetii and/or orientalis as conspecific with personata ; however, Pocock (1941 a), Everts (1968), Long (1978, 1981), and Long and Killingley (1983) supported the recognition of these populations as distinct. Long and Killingley pointed out that there is no published information to refute Pocock's (1941 a) revision.