ferret badger การใช้
- The stink badgers are smaller still, and the ferret badgers are the smallest of all.
- Raccoon-dogs, ferret badgers and civet cats in southern China have been found harboring a germ almost identical to SARS.
- Despite their small home ranges, however, ferret badgers are relatively nomadic creatures, moving from one resting spot to the next without establishing permanent residence.
- Ferret badgers create limited conflicts with surrounding human populations, as they avoid preying on chickens and livestock, and do not tend to cause property damage.
- Their tails vary in length depending on species; the stink badger has a very short tail, while the ferret badger's tail can be long, depending on age.
- Ferret badgers may establish single-use resting spots, or choose to inhabit a particular spot for a period of many days . They tend to rest in natural formations, including small rodent dens and rock crevices.
- The ferret badger has acclimated to areas of human inhabitation, taking advantage of man-made sites suitable as resting spots, such as firewood stacks and rock piles, and using farmlands and vegetable gardens as feeding sites.
- In China, where SARS festered for months before it grew into a worldwide menace this year, exotic raccoon-dogs, ferret badgers and civets imported into markets have been found harboring a germ that's almost identical to the SARS virus.
- Other small mammals include the rare hispid hare, Indian gray mongoose, small Indian mongoose, large Indian civet, small Indian civet, Bengal fox, golden jackal, Chinese pangolin, Indian pangolin, hog badger, Chinese ferret badger, particolored flying squirrel and bats.
- The researchers found the virus in civets, raccoon-dogs and ferret badgers that were offered for sale as food in a market in Shenzhen, but said it is not clear if these animals were the natural source of the virus.
- Other animals also suspected of carrying the SARS virus and ordered slaughtered : _ Raccoon dogs, a primitive canine with racoon-like facial markings . _ Ferret badgers, small, omnivorous nocturnal badgers . _ Hog badgers, larger badgers with protruding claws . _ Eurasian badgers, large badgers resembling small bears with a prominent white stripe down their nose.
- Other small mammals include the rare hispid hare and several common species of mongoose ( Indian gray mongoose, small Indian mongoose ), civets ( large Indian civet, small Indian civet ), small canids ( Bengal fox, golden jackal ) pangolins ( Chinese pangolin, Indian pangolin ), weasels ( hog badger, Chinese ferret badger ), the particolored flying squirrel and bats.