Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: A. Arribas and G. Garrido. 2007. Meles iberica n. sp., a new Eurasian badger (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Fonelas P-1 (Plio-Pleistocene boundary, Guadix Basin, Granada, Spain). Comptes Rendus Palevol 6(8):545-555
Belongs to Meles according to A. Arribas and G. Garrido 2007
Sister taxa: Meles anakuma, Meles canescens, Meles leucurus, Meles meles, Meles taxipater, Meles taxus, Meles teilhardi, Meles thorali
Type specimen: FP1-2001-0564, a skull ( skull with P2-M1 in both dental series). Its type locality is Fonelas P-1, which is in a Gelasian fluvial horizon in the Guadix Formation of Spain.
Ecology: semifossorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Fonelas P-1
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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