Mydaus marchei
(Huet, 1887). Le Naturaliste, ser. 2, 9(13): 149-151.

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ORDER—CARNIVORA
FAMILY—Mustelidae

COMMON NAME—Palawan stink badger.

DISTRIBUTION—Palawan Faunal Region. Recorded only on Busuanga (FMNH), Calauit (Dans, unpubl. data), and Palawan (USNM).

HABITAT—Mixed grassland and second-growth forest (Hoogstraal, 1951; Rabor, 1986).

STATUS—Geographically restricted and locally moderately common to uncommon in secondary and primary lowland forest. IUCN—Vulnerable.

COMMENT ADDED IN 2005––Reported to be widespread and common in forest, second growth, and agricultural areas on Palawan Island (Kruuk, 2000; Esselstyn et al., 2004).