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Melinae (badger)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Melinae Burmeister
1902Melinae Hay p. 765
1970Melinae Bjork p. 28
1980Melinae Kurten and Anderson p. 157
1982Melinae Muizon p. 262 figs. Fig. 1
1998Melinae Baskin p. 159
2004Melinae Marmi et al. p. 491
2007Melinae Arribas and Garrido p. 547
2009Melinae Baryshnikov p. 79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyMelinaeBurmeister 1872
subfamilyMelinaeBurmeister 1872

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Melinae Burmeister 1872 [badger]
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G. †Arctomeles Stach 1951
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Arctomeles dimolodontus Wallace and Wang 2004
Arctomeles ferus Roshchin 1949
Arctomeles sotnikovae Tedford and Harington 2003
G. Arctonyx Cuvier 1825 [hog badger]
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Arctonyx collaris Cuvier 1825 [hog badger]
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Arctonyx rostratus Matthew and Granger 1923
G. Meles Brisson 1762 [badger]
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Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles canescens Blanford 1875 [Caucasian badger]
Meles iberica Arribas and Garrido 2007
Meles leucurus Hodgson 1847 [Asian badger]
Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 [European badger]
Meles taxipater Schlosser 1903
Meles taxus Boddaert 1785
Meles teilhardi Qiu et al. 2004
Meles thorali Viret 1951
Invalid names: Melesium Rafinesque 1815 [objective synonym], Taxus Geoffroy and Cuvier 1795 [objective synonym]
G. †Melodon Zdansky 1924
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Melodon incertum Zdansky 1924
Melodon majori Zdansky 1924
G. †Pelycictis Cope 1896
G. †Promeles Zittel 1893
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Promeles palaeattica Weithofer 1888
G. †Taxodon Lartet 1851
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Taxodon hessicus Ginsburg 1999
Taxodon sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available