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Species
Vulnerablevia IUCN
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- taxon name
- Arctonyx collaris
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- Arctonyx collaris
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- Arctonyx collaris
- taxon common name
- veliki svinjski jazbec
- longest observed lifespan
- 15.8
- different from
- Mydaus javanensis
- short name
- A. collaris
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
The greater hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) is a very large terrestrial mustelid native to Southeast Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because the global population is thought to be declining due to high levels of poaching.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hog badger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.