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In the wild

The Indonesian stink badger

If you want to see the Indonesian stink badger, then it appears that your best bet is to visit the Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park in West Java. According to a web page on animal watching in this Park, night-time "spotting" with a torch can yield a variety of nocturnal birds, frogs, and mammals including otters and stink badgers. A cautionary note is added however - for safety's sake, keep to the path when out at night. Should you find a stink badger, you can apparently approach quite close if you move very slowly. Campers on the summits in the Park have often reported that these animals have raided their food, which suggests the possibility of watching stink badgers from a tent on top of a mountain, if you are prepared to stay up all night and leave your food outside! [w033]

The Palawan stink badger

I do not know of any specific localities on Palawan where you can see the Palawan stink badger. However, the species is apparently fairly common on the island, and sometimes lives close to human settlements, so the chances of seeing and watching this stink badger would seem to be quite good.

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In captivity

I am not aware of any zoos which have captive specimens of either species of stink badger, so it would appear that you can only get to see these animals in the wild.

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Picture credits

The Palawan stink badger photo used at the head of this Article is © Peter Widmann, and used with his permission. Credits for the photos used in the right-hand margin of this page for site navigation can be found on the Credits page.

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