Greater hog badger
The greater hog badger ("Arctonyx collaris") is a very large terrestrial mustelid native to Southeast Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because the global population is thought to be declining due to high levels of poaching. Taxonomy. It was formerly thought to be the only species in the genus "Arctonyx", displaying heavy variation throughout its wide range, leading it to be classified as having many subspecies. However, a 2008 study found that "Arctonyx" should be split into three species. The following subspecies were formerly recognized, but are now thought  to be conspecific with little distinction between one another: Description. It has medium-length brown hair, stocky body, white throat, two black stripes on an elongated white face and a pink, pig-like snout. The head-and-body length is , the tail measures and the body weight is . With weights regularly reported from it is one of the world's largest terrestrial extant mustelids going on average body mass, perhaps behind only the wolverine and rivaling the European badger (although it is not known to rival the weights of the latter, better-known badger during autumn hypophagia). Its appearance generally  resembles the European badger, but with larger claws on the front feet. Its tail has long white hairs, and its front feet have white claws. Distribution and habitat. The greater hog badger is considered fairly common in Thailand and Indochina in tropical evergreen forests and grasslands of the Terai in the easternmost portion of north-eastern India and southeastern Bangladesh. Its distribution in Myanmar is considered patchy. Behaviour and ecology. The hog badger is active by day and not very wary of humans. Analysis of numerous camera trap pictures from Myanmar show no peak activity at either day or night . The hog badger is omnivorous; its diet consists of fruits, roots and small animals.