Palawan Stink Badger
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The Palawan stink badger is a small badger that lives on the Philippine Islands of
[edit] Description
The Palawan stink badger has a stocky body with short muscular legs. They have a long, cone-shaped face with a naked snout. Their front paws have long curved claws. They are mostly dark brown with a pale yellow patch on top of the head which fades to stripes to the shoulders. They are called "stink badgers" because they secrete a foul-smelling fluid from their anal glands. However this fluid is not considered as noxious as the secretion of the Javan Stink Badger; a related species from Indonesia.