Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamila: Mustelinae
Genus: Melogale
Species: Melogale moschata
Subspecies: M. m. ferreogrisea - M. m. hainanensis - M. m. millsi - M. m. moschata - M. m. sorella - M. m. subaurantiaca - M. m. taxilla
Names
Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831)
Type locality: "China," restricted by Allen (1929) to "Canton, Kwangtung Province, South China."
References
* Gray, J. E. 1831. [Characters of three new genera, including two new species of Mammalia from China.] Proceedings of the Biological Society of London, 1831: 94.
* Jay F. Storz and W. Chris Wozencraft, 1999. Melogale moschata, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammologists, No. 631, pp. 1-4, 3 figs.
* Melogale moschata on Mammal Species of the World.
* Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* IUCN link: Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831) (Least Concern)
* Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831) Report on ITIS
Vernacular names
Brezhoneg: Furig-Broc'h Sinat
English: Chinese Ferret-badger
Nederlands: Chinese zonnedas
Polski: Ryjonos piżmowy
Suomi: Aurinkomäyrä
ไทย: หมาหริ่งจีน
Türkçe: Doğu Asya güneş porsuğu
中文: 鼬獾
