Melogale orientalis (Horsfield 1821)

[Gulo] orientalis Horsfield 1821, Zool. Res. Java: plate and 4 pages of text.

Type Locality: "limited...to...south of Mountain Prahu, between the two prinicpal cones of the central part of Java, the Mountain Sumbing, and...Teggal,...Baggulen and Banyumas...to Gowong in the east." [Indonesia, Java].

Vernacular Names: Javan Ferret-badger.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Melogale orientalis subsp. orientalis Horsfield 1821

Subspecies Melogale orientalis subsp. sundaicus Sody 1937

Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).