Mydaus javanensis

The Sunda stink badger is often active at night. They sometimes dig simple holes for themselves, which are usually no more than 60CM deep. It sometimes occupies the holes of porcupines. The known natural enemies of the Sunda stink badger are Javan eagles. It also shares territory with tigers. These predators are potential natural enemies.

The main food of the Sunda stink badger is invertebrates, such as earthworms, worms, insects, etc. It has long claws like other badgers to help it dig the soil.

The Sunda stink badger reaches sexual maturity at about 1-2 years old, reproduces only once a year, and usually begins to mate from early August to late September. After sexual intercourse between male and female, the embryo cysts are in stasis for a long time, and the fertilized eggs do not implant within 2-3 months, and are in a free state in the uterus. After the fertilized eggs implant, they begin to develop. Generally, they give birth in April or May of the second year. The gestation period of the Sunda stink badger is about 230 days, and each litter has 3-4 pups. The young badger opens its eyes at about 35 days old. After 5-6 months of growth and development, the young Sunda stink badger basically grows up in late autumn and early winter.

It is understood that although the Sunda stink badger is not an endangered species, the distribution of the Sunda stink badger is irregular, and the reasons for this have not been studied clearly so far.

The first Borneo Carnivore Symposium is scheduled to be held in Malaysia in June 2011, when the meeting will focus on developing plans to protect the Sunda stink badger and other mammals found in this study.