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title: "Small-toothed Ferret Badger"
description: "Melogale moschata — Mammiferi. The Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata), also known as the small-toothed ferret-badger, is a member of the Mustelidae, and widely distributed in Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/small-toothed-ferret-badger
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small-toothed Ferret Badger

> Melogale moschata — Mammiferi. The Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata), also known as the small-toothed ferret-badger, is a member of the Mustelidae, and widely distributed in Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Melogale moschata*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 167
- Wikidata: [Q332414](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332414)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41837](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41837)

## Names

- en: Small-toothed Ferret Badger
- de: Chinesischer Sonnendachs
- es: Tejón turón chino
- fr: Blaireau-furet de Chine
- nl: Chinese zonnedas
- pl: Ryjonos piżmowy

## Countries with the most observations

CN (99), HK (23), VN (16)

## Summary

The Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata), also known as the small-toothed ferret-badger, is a member of the Mustelidae, and widely distributed in Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List and considered tolerant of modified habitat.
The Chinese ferret-badger is densely distributed from Northeast India north to Central China south to northern Indochina. The Formosan ferret-badger (M. subaurantiaca) of Taiwan was formerly considered conspecific, but is now thought to be a distinct species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_ferret-badger

## Photo

![Small-toothed Ferret Badger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-toothed-ferret-badger/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mickey Bohnacker, Presse-Fotograf, Frankfurt/Main · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melogale_moschata_(Ferret_badger)_fur_skin.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-toothed-ferret-badger?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).