[Native name in Javanese.] A carnivorous animal of Java and Sumatra (Mydaus meliceps), allied to the skunk and of similar habits; also called stinking balger or stinkard.
1824. Horsfield, Zool. Res. Java, Tĕlĕdu, in the language of Java, East of Cheribon. Ibid. The covering of the Tĕlĕdu is adapted to the elevated and cold regions which it inhabits. Ibid. The entire neighbourhood of a village is infected by the odour of an irritated Tĕlĕdu.
