Melodon Zdansky 1924 (badger)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Parent taxon: Melinae according to S. C. Wallace and X. Wang 2004

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Arctomeles, Arctonyx, Meles, Pelycictis, Promeles, Taxodon

Subtaxa: Melodon incertum Melodon majori

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tung Gur (SSPE) (Miocene to Miocene of China)

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