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Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.48

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Mustelidae
genus
Meles
species
Meles meles

Name

Synonyms
Meles alba
Meles britannicus
Meles caninus
Meles danicus
Meles marianensis
Meles typicus
Meles vulgaris
Ursus meles Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Badger in English
Baldosa in Albanian
Barsukas in Lithuanian
Blaireau d'Europe in French
Blaireau européen in French
Blaireau européen, Blaireau in French
Borsuk in Polish
Bursuc in Romanian
Dachs in German
Dachs in German
Dachs in German
Das in Dutch
Duess in Luxembourgish
Eurasian Badger in English
Eurasian Badger in English
Eurasian badger in English
Eurasian badger in English
European Badger in English
European Badger in English
European Badger in English
European Badger in English
European Badger in English
European badger in English
Européischer Dachs in German
Eurázsiai borz in Hungarian
Gou-huan in language.
Greifingi in Icelandic
Grevling in Norwegian
Grävling in Swedish
Grævling in Danish
Grævling in Danish
Jazavac in Croatian
Jazbec in Slovenian
Jazvec lesný in Slovak
Jezevec lesní in Czech
Mäger in Estonian
Mäyrä in Finnish
Porsuk in Turkish
Tasso in Italian
Tején europeo in language.
Tejón in Spanish
Texugo in Portuguese
Vjedulla in Albanian
badger, eurasian badger in English
blaireau in French
das in Dutch
huan-zi in language.
mäyrä in Finnish
Борсук in Ukrainian
Борсук європейський in Ukrainian

Bibliographic References

  1. Abramov, Alexei V., Andrey Yu. Puzachenko, 2013: The taxonomic status of badgers (Mammalia, Mustelidae) from Southwest Asia based on cranial morphometrics, with the redescription of Meles canescens. Zootaxa, vol. 3681, no. 1. 44-58.
  2. Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
  3. Hotson,I. K. (1982) The avermectins: A new family of antiparasitic agents http://phthiraptera.info/node/46610
  4. Jones,J. E. (1982) Psychosocial impact of common parasitic diseases 0094-3509
  5. Kirschner,M. H. (1982) Phthirus pubis infestation of the eyelashes http://phthiraptera.info/node/46607
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. Sato, Jun J. / Proulx, G., and E. Do Linh San, eds., 2016: Chapter 1: The Systematics and Taxonomy of the World's Badger Species - A Review. Badgers: systematics, biology, conservation and research techniques. 1-30.
  8. Taplin,David,Schachner,L.,Castillero,P. M.,Spiegel,J.,Mercer,S.,Rivera,A. A. (1982) Malathion for treatment of Pediculus humanus var capitis infestation http://phthiraptera.info/node/46608
  9. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  10. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  11. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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