Mydaus F. G. Cuvier 1821

Mydaus F. G. Cuvier 1821, in: E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammiferes, pt. 2, Vol. 3, 27: "Telagon", 2 pp., 1 pl.

Type Species: Mydaus meliceps F. G. Cuvier 1821

Synonyms: Mydaon Gloger 1865; Suillotaxus Lawrence 1939 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Mydaus javanensis (Desmarest 1820)

Subspecies Mydaus javanensis subsp. javanensis Desmarest 1820

Subspecies Mydaus javanensis subsp. lucifer Thomas 1902

Subspecies Mydaus javanensis subsp. ollula Thomas 1902

Species Mydaus marchei Huet 1887

Discussion: Lawrence (1939) believed that differences in dentition and pelage warranted separation of these taxa into separate, monotypic genera (i.e., Suillotaxus marchei, Mydaus javanensis). These differences parallel those found within the genus Melogale (Long and Killingley, 1983) . This genus is provisionally placed in this family (see comments therein), its position may be better considered as incertae sedis.