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Taxon: Subfamily Melinae Bonaparte, 1838 - badgers (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Mustelidae

Original position

Questionably Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Questionably Adroverictis (Genus) Ginsburg & Morales, 1996
Questionably Arctomeles (Genus) Stach, 1951
Questionably Lartetictis (Genus) Ginsbourg & Morales, 1996
Questionably Melodon (Genus) Zdansky, 1924
Questionably Palaeomeles (Genus) de Villalta Comella & Crusafont Pairó, 1943
Questionably Parataxidea (Genus) Zdansky, 1924
Questionably Polgardia (Genus) Kretzoi, 1952
Questionably Promeles (Genus) Zittel, 1893
Questionably Sabadellictis (Genus) Petter, 1963
Questionably Taxodon (Genus) Lartet, 1851
Questionably Trochotherium (Genus) Fraas, 1870

Subsequent entries

Arctonyx (Genus) Cuvier, 1825
Meles (Genus) Brisson, 1762
Melogale (Genus) Geoffroy, 1831
Trochictis (Genus) von Meyer, 1842

Current position

Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 269.

Historical positions

Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 269.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 313.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1042.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 3g;8s;33ss; †12g
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 6 Dec 2014 [3g;8s;33ss; †12g]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [3g; †12g]
1993 W.C. Wozencraft [4g;8s]
1982 A.F. DeBlase 6g;8s
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