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Definition of Mellivora capensis
1. Noun. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
Generic synonyms: Mustelid, Musteline, Musteline Mammal
Group relationships: Genus Mellivora, Mellivora
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mellivora Capensis
Literary usage of Mellivora capensis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. East African Mammals in the United States National Museum by Ned Hollister (1918)
"mellivora capensis TRUE, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., vol. 15, p. 455. (Not of Schreber.)
1910. Mellivora ratel ROOSEVELT, African Game Trails, Amer. ed., p. ..."
2. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1890)
"Of seventeen out of nearly a hundred species of weasels the foramen was found,
so far as I know, only in four—tayra, mellivora capensis, ..."
3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1867)
"mellivora capensis. Black ; the back iron-grey ; the crown and a broad stripe
down each side of the back to the tail white. South Africa. ..."
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