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Formosan Ferret-badger Collection Image, Figure 1, Total 12 Figures
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Formosan Ferret-badger
  • species_info
    • english title:Formosan Ferret-badger
    • scientific_name:Melogale moschata subaurantiaca
    • DIVISION:Chordata
    • subphylum:Vertebrata
    • class:Mammalia
    • subclass:Theria
    • orders:Carnivora
    • suborder:Caniformia
    • family:Mustelidae
    • subfamily:Melinae
    • genus:Melogale
    • species:moschata
    • subspecies:subaurantiaca
    • species_author:Gray
    • species_pub_year:1831
    • synonym
      • synonym_full_name:Helicts subaurantiaca modesta
      • synonym_author:Oldfield Thomas
      • synonym_authored_year:1922
    • common name
      • common name english:Orange-tinted Tree-civet,Formosan Fruit Civet
  • collection_content
    • collection_info
      • quantity:1
    • collection_feature
      • S-V length:400  mm
      • Tail length:170  mm
      • SEX:雌性(Female)
    • collection_record
      • catalog no:TMMA0023
      • CAT_NO:MA.0023
      • Specimen Category:A,M
      • Type Category:標本(General)
      • :1958/05/31
  • gdesc_info
    • GDESC:保育等級:International Union for Conservation of Nature紅皮書中屬低危物種(Least Concern)類別。

      型態:中文俗名小豚貓、田螺狗、鰗鰍貓、臭貍仔。臉部呈黑褐色,由頭頂經後頸至背中央有一條白色縱帶,額頭到眼睛周圍有明顯的白毛。吻端突出像豬鼻,因此又稱「小豚貓」。全身披深灰褐色粗毛,身體瘦長,四肢細短呈污灰色,爪尖銳且長,尾部有白色蓬鬆長毛。鼠蹊部有味道濃厚的臭腺。

      生態:原生地不明,主要棲息在中國大陸長江以南地區。臺灣特有亞種普遍分布於低、中海拔山區,通常棲居在原始闊葉林、灌叢區和開墾地。分布海爬最高可達2100公尺。白天躲藏,日落後始外出覓食。主要以嗅覺找食物,喜食蜥蜴、鳥類、小型嚙齒類,而蝸牛、蚯蚓、昆蟲也是他們的獵物選擇。每年5-6月是生殖高峰,通常每胎產1-3隻幼獸。

      形質:吻肛長35-40公分,尾長14-20公分,體重1-1.75公斤。

      標本資訊:本標本為雌性,吻肛長40 公分,尾長17 公分,以乾燥方式保存。