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Distribution

The hog badger ranges widely across south-east Asia. It occurs in the following countries:

• Bangladesh: The hog badger is rare in this country [b034], and probably occurs only in the north.
• Bhutan: This hog badger was first described scientifically by F G Cuvier in 1825 from a specimen found in southern Bhutan. The species is still present in Bhutan today. [w128, b130-06]
• Cambodia: I have found no references to any specific locations in this country for the hog badger, but all distribution maps indicate that hog badgers occur here.
• China: Confirmed from the following provinces: Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Qinghai, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan (including the Wolong Reserve), Xizang (Tibet), Yunnan and Zhejiang. [w128, w127-02]
• India: Confirmed from the states of Sikkim, Bengal, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. [w154, b130-06]
• Indonesia: Sumatra, including Kerinci Seblat National Park and Gunung Leuser National Park. [w260-09, w153, w260-07]
• Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic): Confirmed from Luang Namtha's Nam Ha National Biodiversity Conservation Area. [w152, w127-02]
• Myanmar (formerly Burma): Although the hog badger is confirmed as occurring in Myanmar, I have found no records of any specific places where it occurs within this country. [b130-06]
• Thailand: - Confirmed from Kaengkrachan National Park [w163] and Khao Yai National Park [w057].
• Vietnam: confirmed from Cat Tien National Park [w133] and Cuc Phuong Forest [c006].

Map © Steve Jackson.

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Habitat preferences

Forests are the hog badger's principal habitat, including lowland jungles, wooded highlands up to 3000 metres or more in northern China, semi-evergreen forests in western Manipur (India), and teak-gurjan forests on the borders of India and Myanmar. The hog badger has also been seen in more open habitats from time to time. [b001, b034]

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Additional picture credits

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