Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Synonyms: Melesium Rafinesque 1815 [objective synonym], Taxus Geoffroy and Cuvier 1795 [objective synonym]
Full reference: M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2
Parent taxon: Melinae according to J. Marmi et al. 2004
See also Allen 1919, Arribas and Garrido 2007, Baryshnikov 2009, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1998 and Kurten 1968
Sister taxa: Arctomeles, Arctonyx, Melodon, Pelycictis, Promeles, Taxodon
Subtaxa: Meles anakuma Meles canescens Meles iberica Meles leucurus Meles meles Meles taxipater Meles taxus Meles teilhardi Meles thorali
Ecology: semifossorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), China (8), the Czech Republic (1), France (7), Georgia (3), Germany (8), Greece (7), Hungary (4), Israel (1), Italy (8), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bulgaria (1), China (1), Greece (1)
• Pliocene of China (2), Hungary (1), Romania (1)
• Miocene of Greece (1)
Total: 72 collections each including a single occurrence
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