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Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Meles alba
Meles arcalus
Meles britannicus
Meles caninus
Meles communis
Meles danicus
Meles europaeus
Meles marianensis
Meles taxus Boddaert, 1785
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 européen 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 language.
Eurasian badger in English
Eurasian badger in English
European Badger in English
European Badger in English
European Badger in English
European badger in English
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
Tejón in Spanish
Texugo in Portuguese
Vjedulla in Albanian
badger, eurasian badger in English
blaireau in French
das in Dutch
huan-zi in language.
Das in Dutch
grävling in Swedish

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. 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.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
  5. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
  6. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World
  10. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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