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Eurasian Badger

Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Meles meles
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Meles meles
Recognized by CalPhotos, AnAge articles, Arkive, Biopix Nature Photos, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, and Pantheria
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel and Bibliotheca Alexandrina LifeDesk
Meles meles
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, Anderson and Wiens 2017, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and wikipedia BR
Meles meles
Recognized by AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, Flickr BHL, BHL data coverage, and Flickr Group
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by NMNH Collection
Meles meles Brisson 1762
Species recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Ursus meles Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Ursus meles
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Ursus meles Linnaeus 1758
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Ursus meles Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Ursus meles Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Badger
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Recognized by Bibliotheca Alexandrina LifeDesk, Arkive, and Wikidata Common Names
Eurasian Badger
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Recognized by Bibliotheca Alexandrina LifeDesk and Wikidata Common Names
Eurasian badger preferred
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web, Flickr BHL, and admin
European badger
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Recognized by Paleobiology Database
Old World badger
prefer
Recognized by AnAge
badger
prefer
Recognized by Flickr BHL
badger, eurasian badger preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
European Badger
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Old World Badger
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Curated hierarchies for Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Caniformia
Mustelidae
Melinae Bonaparte 1838
Meles Brisson 1762
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Meles meles heptneri Ognev 1931
Meles meles marianensis Graells 1897
Meles meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Meles meles milleri Baryshnikov, Puzachenko & Abramov 2003
Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles canescens Blanford 1875
Meles leucurus (Hodgson 1847)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Mustelidae Fischer 1817
Melinae Bonaparte 1838
Meles Brisson 1762
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Meles meles heptneri Ognev 1931
Meles meles marianensis Graells 1897
Meles meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Meles meles milleri Baryshnikov, Puzachenko & Abramov 2003
Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles canescens Blanford 1875
Meles leucurus (Hodgson 1847)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Meles meles heptneri Ognev 1931
Meles meles marianensis Graells 1897
Meles meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Meles meles milleri Baryshnikov, Puzachenko & Abramov 2003
Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles canescens Blanford 1875
Meles leucurus (Hodgson 1847)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Caniformia
Mustelidae
Meles
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Meles meles arcalus Miller 1907
Meles meles canescens Blanford 1875
Meles meles heptneri Ognev 1931
Meles meles marianensis Graells 1897
Meles meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Meles meles milleri Baryshnikov, Puzachenko & Abramov 2003
Meles meles rhodius Festa 1914
Meles meles severzovi Heptner 1940
Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles leucurus (Hodgson 1847)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Meles meles heptneri Ognev 1931
Meles meles marianensis Graells 1897
Meles meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Meles meles milleri Baryshnikov, Puzachenko & Abramov 2003
Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles canescens Blanford 1875
Meles leucurus (Hodgson 1847)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Meles Brisson 1762
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Meles meles arcalus Miller 1907
Meles meles canescens Blanford 1875
Meles meles heptneri Ognev 1931
Meles meles leucurus Hodgson 1847
Meles meles marianensis Graells 1897
Meles meles melanogenys
Meles meles meles
Meles meles milleri Baryshnikov, Puzachenko & Abramov 2003
Meles meles rhodius Festa 1914
Meles meles severzovi Heptner 1940
Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles canescens Blanford 1875
Meles leucurus (Hodgson 1847)
Meles montanus Richardson 1829

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Mustelidae Fischer 1817
Melinae Bonaparte 1838
Meles Brisson 1762
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Meles meles heptneri Ognev 1931
Meles meles marianensis Graells 1897
Meles meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Meles meles milleri Baryshnikov, Puzachenko & Abramov 2003
Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles canescens Blanford 1875
Meles leucurus (Hodgson 1847)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Aonyx capensis (Schinz 1821)
Aonyx cinereus (Illiger 1815)
Aonyx congicus Lönnberg 1910
Eira barbara (Linnaeus 1758)
Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus 1758)
Galictis cuja (Molina 1782)
Galictis vittata (Schreber 1776)
Gulo gulo (Linnaeus 1758)
Hydrictis maculicollis (Lichtenstein 1835)
Ictonyx libycus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1833)
Ictonyx striatus (Perry 1810)
Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Lontra felina (Molina 1782)
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)
Lontra provocax (Thomas 1908)
Lutra lutra (Linnaeus 1758)
Lutra sumatrana (Gray 1865)
Lutrogale perspicillata (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1826)
Lyncodon patagonicus (de Blainville 1842)
Martes americana (Turton 1806)
Martes flavigula (Boddaert 1785)
Martes foina (Erxleben 1777)
Martes gwatkinsii Horsfield 1851
Martes martes (Linnaeus 1758)
Martes melampus (Wagner 1840)
Martes pennanti (Erxleben 1777)
Martes zibellina (Linnaeus 1758)
Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles leucurus (Hodgson 1847)
Mellivora capensis (Schreber 1776)
Melogale everetti (Thomas 1895)
Melogale moschata (Gray 1831)
Melogale orientalis (Horsfield 1821)
Melogale personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831
Mustela africana Desmarest 1818
Mustela altaica Pallas 1811
Mustela erminea Linnaeus 1758
Mustela eversmanii Lesson 1827
Mustela felipei Izor & de la Torre 1978
Mustela frenata Lichtenstein 1831
Mustela itatsi Temminck 1844
Mustela kathiah Hodgson 1835
Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus 1761)
Mustela lutreolina Robinson & Thomas 1917
Mustela nigripes (Audubon & Bachman 1851)
Mustela nudipes Desmarest 1822
Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758
Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773
Mustela strigidorsa Gray 1853
Mustela subpalmata Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1833
Neovison macrodon (Prentis 1903)
Neovison vison (Schreber 1777)
Poecilogale albinucha (Gray 1864)
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Taxidea taxus (Schreber 1777)
Vormela peregusna (Güldenstädt 1770)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
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Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Caniformia
Mustelidae
Melinae
Meles
Meles meles (this page)
Meles meles arcalus
Meles meles meles
Meles anakuma
Meles canescens
Meles leucurus
unclassified Meles

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
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Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
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Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Fereuungulata
Ferae
Carnivora
Caniformia
Arctoidea
Musteloidea
Mustelidae
Melinae
Meles
Meles meles (this page)
Meles meles arcalus
Meles meles canescens
Meles meles heptneri
Meles meles leucurus
Meles meles marianensis
Meles meles meles
Meles meles milleri
Meles meles ponticus
Meles meles rhodius
Meles meles severzovi
Meles anakuma
Meles arcalus
Meles canescens
Meles leucurus
Meles taxus
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