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News: <\/b>The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve has released the first scientific assessment report on the greater hog badger.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

About Greater Hog Badger<\/b><\/h2>\n

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About\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\n
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  • The greater hog badger is a<\/span> terrestrial mustelid.<\/b><\/li>\n
  • Globally, it has three living species: <\/span>the greater hog badger, the northern hog badger (<\/b>Arctonyx albogularis<\/i><\/b>), and the Sumatran hog badger (<\/b>Arctonyx hoevenii<\/i><\/b>).<\/b> The first two are found in India<\/span><\/li>\n
  • In Assamese, it is referred to as <\/span>\u201cMati Gahori.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scientific name<\/span><\/td>\nIts scientific name is<\/span> Arctonyx collaris.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Habitat<\/span><\/td>\nIt prefers living in<\/span> tropical evergreen forests, savannas, grasslands, shrubland, hills, and mountains<\/b>.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution<\/span><\/td>\n\n
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  • It is native to Southeast Asia.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Its geographic range stretches from <\/span>Bangladesh and northeastern India eastward through Myanmar, Thailand, Laos (Lao PDR), and Vietnam.\u00a0<\/b>\n
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    • They are found in the<\/span> Terai of the Indian subcontinent,<\/b> from the Yamuna River east, through the states of<\/span> Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Features<\/span><\/td>\n\n
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  • It is one of the w<\/span>orld’s largest terrestrial extant mustelids (by average body mass).<\/b><\/li>\n
  • It has medium-length brown hair, a stocky body, a white throat, two black stripes on an elongated white snout, and a pink, pig-like nose.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The body weight is 7\u201314 kg.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Its appearance <\/span>generally resembles the European badger,<\/b> but have a <\/span>pronounced pig-like snout and larger claws on the front feet.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n
  • Its tail ha<\/span>s long white hairs,<\/b> and its <\/span>front feet have white claws.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diet<\/span><\/td>\nIt is omnivorous<\/strong>. Its diet consists of<\/span> fruits, roots and small animals.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Behaviour<\/span><\/td>\n\n
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  • It is a<\/span> nocturnal and terrestrial mammal <\/b>that is<\/span> highly shy and typically lives a solitary life.<\/b><\/li>\n
  • It is <\/span>territorial and uses scent markings on grass, rocks, and tree trunks <\/b>to define its territory.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is <\/span>skilled at digging<\/b> and<\/span> creating underground burrows for shelter and forage<\/b> by excavating the soil in search of food.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecological Significance<\/span><\/td>\n\n
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  • It is an <\/span>ecologically important mesocarnivore.<\/b><\/li>\n
  • It <\/span>contributes to ecosystem functioning through soil disturbance, nutrient redistribution,<\/b> and the turnover of leaf litter during foraging activities.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Its <\/span>digging behaviour enhances soil aeration and may facilitate seed germination <\/b>and <\/span>microhabitat formation <\/b>for invertebrates and small vertebrates.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Threat<\/span><\/td>\nIts global population is declining due to habitat loss and high levels of poaching.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conservation status\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\n