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Meles meles (European badger)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Ursus meles was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Meles meles by Thomas (1911), Kurten (1968), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998), Marmi et al. (2004), Arribas and Garrido (2007) and Baryshnikov (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. atavus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ursus meles Linnaeus p. 48
1911Meles meles Thomas p. 140
1968Meles meles Kurten p. 104
1998Meles meles International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 65
2004Meles meles Marmi et al. p. 489
2007Meles meles Arribas and Garrido p. 552
2009Meles meles Baryshnikov p. 79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyMelinaeBurmeister 1872
genusMeles
speciesmeles()

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.

Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 [European badger]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:20:50
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:02:17
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Meles meles (45065)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Meles meles (33974)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Meles meles (183123)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tajikistan Meles meles (34104)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Segovia) Meles meles (36517)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium Meles meles (34127)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Meles meles (225664)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Liaoyang) Meles meles (34667)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Meles meles (50259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Meles meles (40808 43701)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Meles meles (35045 36706)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) Meles meles (43666 43697)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Meles meles (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Meles meles (43645 43653 43655)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey (Central Anatolia) Meles meles (34368)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Meles meles (36206)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Laos (Hua Pan) Meles meles (235746)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Meles meles (50260)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Greece (Lakonia) Meles meles (32062 32082)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Trieste) Meles meles (43702)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Germany (Brandenburg) Meles meles (198613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Heilongjiang) Meles meles (230983)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Georgia Meles meles (56735)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Meles meles (63726)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Meles meles (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Meles meles (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Valencia) Meles meles (221412 221414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Meles meles (43632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Meles meles (183124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece Meles meles (203847)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Meles meles (191169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bulgaria Meles meles (232847)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Meles meles (122115)