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Meles meles meles  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 727152

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Taxus vulgaris Tiedemann, 1808
  
    Meles taxus Boddaert, 1785
  
    Meles europaeus Desmarest, 1816
  
    Meles communis Billberg, 1827
  
    Meles meles typicus Barrett-Hamilton, 1899
  
    Meles meles tauricus Ognev, 1926
  
    Ursus meles maculata Gmelin, 1788
  
    Meles meles danicus Degerbol, 1933
  
    Meles meles caucasicus Ognev, 1926
  
    Meles communis caninus Billberg, 1827
  
    Meles meles britannicus Satunin, 1906
  
    Ursus meles alba Gmelin, 1788
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyMustelidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – mustelids  
                                        SubfamilyMelinae Bonaparte, 1838 – Eurasian badgers, hog-badgers  
                                           GenusMeles Brisson, 1762 – Eurasian badgers  
                                              SpeciesMeles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) – European Badger  
                                                 SubspeciesMeles meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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