A large Asian badger with an elongated, pig-like snout, which it uses to root through the forest floor in search of roots, earthworms and insects. It is heavily persecuted in several countries for its meat and fat.
Large for a mustelid, with an elongated, mobile, pig-like snout, coarse greyish fur, a dark facial band crossing each eye against a white background, like a mask, and long fore claws adapted for digging.
Digs extensive feeding tunnels while rooting the forest floor in search of roots, earthworms and invertebrates, leaving the ground visibly disturbed. Builds its own burrows with several entrances. Tracks show long claw marks from the fore feet.
Forest and scrub of mainland South-east Asia, including southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Omnivorous; roots the ground for roots, tubers, earthworms, insects and other invertebrates, as well as small vertebrates and fruit.
Nocturnal and a digger, it roots intensively through the forest floor in search of food. It may shelter in its own burrows with several entrances.
Population declining owing to high levels of poaching for meat and fat, especially intense across much of its range.
Intense poaching for meat and fat, and loss of forest habitat.
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