[Objectives] The Chinese Ferret Badger (Melogale moschata) is an animal of the order Carnivora, and the family Mustelidae. It is widely distributed and has a rich population in China; however, there has been relatively little research into the ecology of the Chinese Ferret Badger. [Methods] To understand the activity patterns of the Chinese Ferret Badger and the factors that influence them, camera trapping was used to monitor the Ferret Badgers in the Taohongling Sika Deer National Nature Reserve (hereafter Taohongling), Jiulingshan National Nature Reserve (hereafter referred to as Jiuling Mountain), and Qiyunshan National Nature Reserve (hereafter referred to as Qiyun Mountain) in Jiangxi Province from February 2017 to February 2019. The number of cameras in each reserve was 60. [Results] The results showed that: (1) The cumulative number of days with working cameras in the Taohongling, Jiuling Mountain, and Qiyun Mountain nature reserves were 14 902, 24 498, and 13 063 respectively. The number of cameras that captured Chinese Ferret Badgers were 30, 32, and 53. The number of effective, independent photos of Chinese Ferret Badgers were 252, 196, and 598, respectively (Table 1). (2) The photographic rate was highest in Qiyun Mountain (4.58 photos per day), followed by Taohongling (1.69 photos per day), and Jiuling Mountain (0.80 photos per day) was the lowest. (3) The months with the most and least signs of activity in the three protected areas were Taohongling (January and December), Jiuling Mountain (March, April and September) and Qiyun Mountain (March and November). There was no significant monthly trend in the number of occurrences of Chinese Ferret Badgers (P > 0.05) (Fig. 2). (4) The peak time periods for activity in the three protected areas were all concentrated between 0:00﹣05:00 and 19:00﹣23:00, which indicates that the animals are nocturnal, and there was no significant seasonal change (Fig. 3). (5) There was no significant difference in the daily activity patterns between Taohongling and Qiyun Mountain in different seasons, but there was a significant difference between spring and autumn in Jiuling Mountain (Table 2). [Conclusion] The results of this study help us to further understand the activity patterns (and their seasonal changes) of the Chinese Ferret Badger, to further understand the ecological habits of the Chinese Ferret Badger in its natural habitat, and they provide scientific and technological support for the protection and management of this species.