Mustelidae Spotlight: Hog Badger

So, let's have a chinwag about the hog badger. First off, we shall go over what this fella looks like. Size-wise, he can be as long as 28 inches from head to tail. The tail can be as long as 6.7 inches. He has a long, narrow snout--sometimes giving him something of an aardvark look. They are a bit stocky, plus the nose tends to turn up in a rather porcine way. This is likely one of the reasons that they get the name "hog."

The hog badger can be found widespread in Central and Southeast Asia. They are struggling just a bit because of hunters who generally use dogs, but otherwise, they are doing well enough. Also, remember how the Fishers were omnivores? So are hog badgers! They eat just about anything which--once again--aligns then with piggies. They even use their snout and incisors to dig into the earth looking for anything eatable--even earthworms. So it should be pretty clear by now where they got their name from.

Research on the hog badger is slim. They don't show themselves very often, but what I do know is that they are rather indifferent to human beings. They tend to just ignore people or just walk away if they think things might go badly for them. Although, I do not know for absolute certain, it seems to me that these guys would be easy to domesticate as long as you could provide them with a constant source of food. They don't seem too interested in anything else.

Pigs are not musties, but hog badgers seems to fill their rolls fairly well on the world of mustelidae. In fiction, they likely would be the indifferent gluttons of society. They would spend much time spending their money on food and being rude to people who get in their way. Yes, I do see them as wealthy. I've made characters in my stories like that, and they have their own appeal.

Mustelidae is most often seen as something more nefarious in nature. Gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins, and it seems like the hog badger indulges in this sin quite frequently. As an animal, this mustie can demonstrate the problems we sometimes have as human beings--a creature that can overcome such urges.

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