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Definition of stink badger in English: stink badgernoun A SE Asian badger with a long mobile snout, short stout limbs, and anal glands that contain a foul-smelling liquid which can be squirted at an attacker. Genus Mydaus, family Mustelidae: two species, including the teledu Example sentencesExamples - The stocky Palawan stink badger has earned its name from its potent spray, which smells much like that of a skunk.
- Coloration in skunks and stink badgers serves as an aposematic signal to would-be predators.
- Saucer-eyed tarsiers, pale moon rats and scruffy stink badgers perch stiffly in glass cases.
- In Indonesia, the stink badger is known as the sigung, while in Malaysia it is called teledu.
- Like skunks, stink badgers can reward an enemy with a blast of a vile-smelling liquid.
- The two species of stink badgers were thought to be distinct genera, but here are referred to as a single genus.
- Two species of stink badgers, also included in this family, are the closest living relatives to skunks.
- Occasionally, the Palawan stink badger is classified in a genus of its own, listed as Suillotaxus marchei.
- There are seven different species of badger, including the African honey badger and the Indonesian stink badger.
- In addition to the hog-nosed, striped and spotted skunks of North America, the family includes the stink badger from Asia.
- The editor of this Web site would like to point out that this does not apply to Mydaus javanensis, the Indonesian stink badger.
- Both of the stink badgers are well known for the potency of their anal gland secretions, and their willingness to use these secretions in defence, hence the name ‘stink badger’.
Definition of stink badger in US English: stink badgernoun A Southeast Asian badger with a long mobile snout, short stout limbs, and anal glands that contain a foul-smelling liquid which can be squirted at an attacker. Genus Mydaus, family Mustelidae: two species, including the teledu Example sentencesExamples - In Indonesia, the stink badger is known as the sigung, while in Malaysia it is called teledu.
- Like skunks, stink badgers can reward an enemy with a blast of a vile-smelling liquid.
- Coloration in skunks and stink badgers serves as an aposematic signal to would-be predators.
- Saucer-eyed tarsiers, pale moon rats and scruffy stink badgers perch stiffly in glass cases.
- Occasionally, the Palawan stink badger is classified in a genus of its own, listed as Suillotaxus marchei.
- Both of the stink badgers are well known for the potency of their anal gland secretions, and their willingness to use these secretions in defence, hence the name ‘stink badger’.
- In addition to the hog-nosed, striped and spotted skunks of North America, the family includes the stink badger from Asia.
- There are seven different species of badger, including the African honey badger and the Indonesian stink badger.
- Two species of stink badgers, also included in this family, are the closest living relatives to skunks.
- The two species of stink badgers were thought to be distinct genera, but here are referred to as a single genus.
- The stocky Palawan stink badger has earned its name from its potent spray, which smells much like that of a skunk.
- The editor of this Web site would like to point out that this does not apply to Mydaus javanensis, the Indonesian stink badger.
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