honey badger, ratel (Mellivora capensis)

Query: Mammalia

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Subject:	honey badger, ratel (Mellivora capensis)
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Teeth of a ratel
Date 1849
Source Volume 2 of Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia
Author Charles Knight
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Animaldentition_mellivoracapensis.png

The honey badger or ratel (Mellivora capensis) is the only species in the mustelid subfamily Mellivorinae and its only genus Mellivora. It is native to Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. It is primarily a carnivorous species and has few natural predators because of its thick skin and ferocious defensive abilities.

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