Ferret-badgers are the six species of the genus Melogale, which is the only genus of the monotypic mustelid subfamily Helictidinae.
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Ferret-badgers are the six species of the genus Melogale, which is the only genus of the monotypic mustelid subfamily Helictidinae. Bornean ferret-badger (Melogale everetti) Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata) Formosan ferret-badger (Melogale subaurantiaca) Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis) Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale personata) Vietnam ferret-badger (Melogale cucphuongensis)
== Human impact == The ferret-badger's impact on humans is through the spread of rabies. This has been documented in Taiwan and China but lack of prior documentation and research on ferret-badgers has proven a roadblock.
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