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Taxon: Genus Mellivora Storr, 1780 - honey badger (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Storr, 1780:34, table A.
Original rank
Original spelling

Types

Type ofMellivorinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1865
Type, by synonymyMellivora capensis (Schreber, 1776)

Variants

Different spellingMelivora (Genus) Gray, 1846[1847] Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spellingMellivorus (Genus) Brookes, 1828 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namehoney badger
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