Distribution and Habitat
The hog badger is found throughout southern China, Indochina, throughout Thailand and possibly in Perak, in Myanmar and in Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and in the Terai. There is one isolated record in eastern Mongolia. In the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the hog badger appears to occur primarily above 2,000 m (6,600 ft) with one record at 700 m (2,300 ft).
The following subspecies are recognized:
- Greater hog badger A. c. collaris (Cuvier, 1825) – lives in the Eastern Himalayas;
- Northern hog badger A. c. albogularis (Blyth, 1853) – occurs in southern China northwards to Shensi;
- Chinese hog badger A. c. leucolaemus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) – occurs in northern China from southern Kansu to Chihli;
- Sumatran hog badger A. c. hoevenii (Hubrecht, 1891) – lives in Sumatra;
- Indochinese hog badger A. c. dictator (Thomas, 1910) – lives in southern Thailand and Indochina;
- Burmese hog badger A. c. consul (Pocock, 1940) – occurs from Assam to Myanmar.
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