Honey Badger Skull Replica
$121.00
The Honey Badger’s skull greatly resembles a larger version of that of a marbled polecat. The dental formula is: 3.1.3.1, 3.1.3.1. The teeth often display signs of irregular development, with some teeth being exceptionally small, set at unusual angles or absent altogether.
- Description
- Additional information
Description
Honey Badger Skull Replica measures 5.5 inches. Honey Badger Skull Replica is museum quality polyurethane cast. Made in USA. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). Our precise skull can be used as a teaching tool, museum skull exhibit, home décor skull, or office décor skull.
Mellivora capensis, also known as the ratel is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Our percise skull can be used as a teaching tool, museum skull exhibit, home decor skull, or office decor skull.
Mellivora capensis has short and sturdy legs, with five toes on each foot. The feet are armed with very strong claws, which are short on the hind legs and remarkably long on the forelimbs. The tail is short and is covered in long hairs.
Viverra capensis was the scientific name used by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1777 who described a honey badger skin from the Cape of Good Hope. Mellivorae was proposed as name for the genus by Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr in 1780. Mellivorina was proposed as a tribe name by John Edward Gray in 1865.
The Honey badger or Mellivora capensis is the only species of the genus Mellivora. Although in the 1860s it was assigned to the badger subfamily, the Melinae, it is now generally agreed that it bears very few similarities to the Melinae.
Mellivora capensis is much more closely related to the marten subfamily, Guloninae, but furthermore is assigned its own subfamily, Mellivorinae.
Shop More Museum Quality Badger Skulls in Badger Skull Store
Additional information
| Weight | 3 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 5.5 × 3 × 4 in |
| Honey Badger Facts | Kingdom: Animalia |
