Definition of Mellivora capensis

1. Noun. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.

Exact synonyms: Honey Badger, Ratel
Generic synonyms: Mustelid, Musteline, Musteline Mammal
Group relationships: Genus Mellivora, Mellivora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mellivora Capensis

Melilotus officinalis
Melina Mercouri
Melinae
Melinda
Meliphagidae
Melisha
Melissa officinalis
Melitene
Melkite
Melkonian
Melkonyan
Mellaril
Mellissa
Mellivora
Mellivora capensis
Mellon
Melnick-Needles syndrome
Melocactus
Melodie
Melody
Melogale
Meloidae
Melolontha
Melolontha melolontha
Melolonthidae
Melony
Melophagus
Melophagus ovinus
Melopsittacus

Literary usage of Mellivora capensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. East African Mammals in the United States National Museum by Ned Hollister (1918)
"mellivora capensis TRUE, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., vol. 15, p. 455. (Not of Schreber.) 1910. Mellivora ratel ROOSEVELT, African Game Trails, Amer. ed., p. ..."

2. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1890)
"Of seventeen out of nearly a hundred species of weasels the foramen was found, so far as I know, only in four—tayra, mellivora capensis, ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1867)
"mellivora capensis. Black ; the back iron-grey ; the crown and a broad stripe down each side of the back to the tail white. South Africa. ..."

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