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Taxon:
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Meles
Brisson, 1762
- Old World badger
(mammal)
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Melinae (Subfamily) - badgers
..†Adroverictis (Genus)
..†Arctomeles (Genus)
..Arctonyx (Genus) - hog badger
..†Lartetictis (Genus)
..[Meles] (Genus)
..[Melesium] (Genus)
..†Melodon (Genus)
..Melogale (Genus) - ferret-badgers
..†Palaeomeles (Genus)
..†Parataxidea (Genus)
..†Polgardia (Genus)
..†Promeles (Genus)
..†Sabadellictis (Genus)
..[Suillotaxus] (Genus)
..†Taxodon (Genus)
..[Taxus] (Genus)
..†Trochictis (Genus)
..†Trochotherium (Genus)
..Meles (Genus) - Old World badger
....Meles anakuma (Species) - Japanese badger
....Meles leucurus (Species) - Asian badger
....Meles meles (Species) - European badger
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
M.J. Brisson, 1762, nom. cons.
Original name
:
Brisson, M.J. 1762.
Reg. Anim.
(ed. 2)
: 13, 183.
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:
Original spelling
:
Attributes
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV]
Ref:
ICZN, 1998. Opinion 1894
: 64.
Types
Type of
:
Melinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1838
Type, by original designation
:
Meles meles
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Meles
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Incorrect authorship
:
Meles
(Genus)
Boddaert, 1785
Synonyms
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Melesium
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1815, nom. illeg.
Ref:
ICZN, 1998
: 66.
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Taxus
(Genus)
Cuvier & Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1795
Ref:
ICZN, 1998
: 66.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Europese dassen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
Old World badger
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1 Feb 2024