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Taxon: Species Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) - European badger (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (C. Linnaeus, 1758), typ. cons.
Original name Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 48.
Original rank
Subsequent generic combination
Original spelling

Attributes

Conserved type (typ. cons.) Ref: ICZN, 1998. Opinion 1894: 65.

Types

Type, by original designation, ofMeles (Genus) Brisson, 1762
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Meles meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)

Combinations

BasionymUrsus meles Linnaeus, 1758

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namedas

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameEuropean badger Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 611.
Eurasian badger
Old World badger
badger
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