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Meles meles (European badger)
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).
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
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Ursus meles Linnaeus p. 48 |
| 1911 | Meles meles Thomas p. 140 |
| 1968 | Meles meles Kurten p. 104 |
| 1998 | Meles meles International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 65 |
| 2004 | Meles meles Marmi et al. p. 489 |
| 2007 | Meles meles Arribas and Garrido p. 552 |
| 2009 | Meles meles Baryshnikov p. 79 |
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Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 [European badger]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available