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Contents 1 Teledu: Mydaus Javanensis 1.1 Pictures 1.2 Links 1.3 From the OED

[edit] Teledu: Mydaus Javanensis

Teledu n.: The stinking badger of Java and Sumatra.

The etymological origin of Mydaus is the Greek "myda" meaning wet, damp, and moldy and the Greek "us" meaning substance, undoubtedly referring to the smell of stink badgers. The specific name javanensis refers to the origin, as the animal comes from the Isles of Java. Other vernacular names include Borneo, Javan, or Malay stink badger. Indigenous common names for M. javanensis include teledu, teledoe, seng-goeng, and teleggo.

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http://www.nhm.org/research/libraries/beasts/16mmelic.html

http://www.badgerinfo.com/indostinkbadger.html

http://www.badgers.org.uk/badgerpages/stink-badgers.html#SpeciesInfo

http://www.badgers.org/what.html#mydaus

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Mydaus_javanensis.html

http://www.pjc.edu/sctag/CGSundaStinkBadgerWeb/

http://www.lioncrusher.com/animal.asp?animal=206

http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/723_Mydaus_javanensis.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javan_Stink_Badger

[edit] From the OED

Also telagu (native name in Javanese).

A carnivorous animal of Java and Sumatra (Mydaus javanensis), allied to the skunk and of similar habits;
also called stinking badger or stinkard.

1821 T. S. RAFFLES in Trans. Linnean Soc. XIII. 251 Mephitis Javanensis Desm. Telagu of the Malays.

1824 HORSFIELD Zool. Res. Java, Teledu, in the language of Java, East of Cheribon. Ibid., The covering of the Teledu is adapted to the elevated and cold regions which it inhabits. Ibid., The entire neighbourhood of a village is infected by the odour of an irritated Teledu.

1906 E. INGERSOLL Life of Animals: Mammals 176 Two related animals of the East are the teledu, or stinking badger, a small nocturnal burrower of Java and Sumatra, and the large, long-snouted, piglike sand badgers.

1965 D. MORRIS Mammals 292 The Teledu is well able to defend itself by means of the offensive secretions of its large anal glands.