Abstrac Honey badger ( Mellivora capensis ) is one of the mustelidae’s species in Iran which is distributed from the South-west to South-east and also in some Central parts of Iran. Several factors including habitat destruction population in Iran. Understanding taxonomic status of the curerent populations in Iran and the genetic diversity within the and degradation and the reduction of prey populations have impacted its suitability modeling of the honey badger was conducted using MaxEnt species are essential tools for better conservation. In current study habitat model and 51 presence points. for the phylogenetic analysis, 10 samples were obtained from different area. DNA was extracted from all samples however only five samples had reasonable quality for next steps. Samples were amplified via PCR, using cytochrome b primers and then sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis were performed only on the two sequences obtained from Iranian samples and 38 sequences of other mustelid species. In the phylogenetic tree, the two Iranian honey badger were clustered as a sister to the African honey badger, showing suitability modeling of the honey badger showed that distance from the urban significant genetic diversity and identified as two haplotypes. Habitat area, average annual temperature and altitude had maximum effects on habitat to conduct more studies on the species, using large sample size to better selection. Due to little information available on the species, it is required identify genetic diversity and conservation status of the species. Keywords: Biodiversity, Mustelidae, Phylogenetic analysis, Habitat selection.