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Melinae (badger)
Taxonomy
Melinae was named by Burmeister (1872). It is extant.
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Hay (1902), Bjork (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Muizon (1982), Baskin (1998), Marmi et al. (2004), Arribas and Garrido (2007) and Baryshnikov (2009).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Hay (1902), Bjork (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Muizon (1982), Baskin (1998), Marmi et al. (2004), Arribas and Garrido (2007) and Baryshnikov (2009).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Melinae Burmeister |
| 1902 | Melinae Hay p. 765 |
| 1970 | Melinae Bjork p. 28 |
| 1980 | Melinae Kurten and Anderson p. 157 |
| 1982 | Melinae Muizon p. 262 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 1998 | Melinae Baskin p. 159 |
| 2004 | Melinae Marmi et al. p. 491 |
| 2007 | Melinae Arribas and Garrido p. 547 |
| 2009 | Melinae 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.
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 pliocaenicus Stach 1951
†Arctomeles sotnikovae Tedford and Harington 2003
G. Arctonyx Cuvier 1825 [hog badger]
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Arctonyx collaris hoevenii Hubrecht 1891
†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. †Pelycictis Cope 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available