'''''Mydaus''''' is a genus of Old WorldCarnivora|carnivore comprising of two species of '''stink badger'''. There are two species - the Palawan Stink Badger (''M. marchei''), and the Sunda Stink Badger or Teledu (''M. javanensis''). Stink badgers are named for the foul-smelling secretions that they expel from anal glands in self-defense (which is stronger in the Sunda species).Stink badgers at the Badger Pages
Stink badgers were traditionally thought to be related to true badger|badgers in the familyMustelidae (subfamilyMelinae), but recent DNA analysis strongly suggests they are Old World counterparts to the New World skunk|skunks, and as such should be placed in the family Mephitidae.
The Palawan Stink Badger is sometimes classified in its own genus, ''Suillotaxus''.
