Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Melogale personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831 . In Bélanger (ed.) Voy. Indes Orient ., 3(Zoologie):137, pl. 5.[issued 13 March 1831 ). TYPE LOCALITY: "environs de Rangoun " ( Burma ) . DISTRIBUTION: Nepal through India ( Assam ) and most of Indochina, including peninsular Thailand and Malaysia . SYNONYMS: laotum Thomas, 1922; nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 ; orientalis Blanford, 1888 ; pierrei Bonhote, 1903 ; tonquinia Thomas, 1922 .