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Meles meles canescens (Caucasian badger)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Meles canescens was named by Blanford (1875). It is extant.

It was recombined as Meles meles canescens by Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Meles canescens Blanford
2005Meles meles canescens Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyMelinaeBurmeister 1872
genusMeles
speciesmeles()
subspeciescanescens(Blanford 1875)

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 canescens Blanford 1875 [Caucasian 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, Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available