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Meles (badger)
Taxonomy
Meles was named by Brisson (1762) [conserved in ICZN Opinion 1894]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Taxina by Gray (1825); to Mustelidae by Kurten (1968) and Carroll (1988); and to Melinae by Marmi et al. (2004), Arribas and Garrido (2007) and Baryshnikov (2009).
It was assigned to Taxina by Gray (1825); to Mustelidae by Kurten (1968) and Carroll (1988); and to Melinae by Marmi et al. (2004), Arribas and Garrido (2007) and Baryshnikov (2009).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1762 | Meles Brisson p. 45 |
| 1795 | Taxus Geoffroy and Cuvier p. 184 |
| 1815 | Melesium Rafinesque p. 59 |
| 1825 | Meles Gray p. 339 |
| 1968 | Meles Kurten p. 103 |
| 1988 | Meles Carroll |
| 2004 | Meles Marmi et al. p. 491 |
| 2007 | Meles Arribas and Garrido p. 547 |
| 2009 | Meles Baryshnikov p. 79 |
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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.
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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available