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Meles meles meles

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SUBSPECIES
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 communis Billberg, 1827
Meles communis caninus Billberg, 1827
Meles europaeus Desmarest, 1816
Meles meles britannicus Satunin, 1906
Meles meles caucasicus Ognev, 1926
Meles meles danicus Degerbol, 1933
Meles meles tauricus Ognev, 1926
Meles meles typicus Barrett-Hamilton, 1899
Meles taxus Boddaert, 1785
Taxus vulgaris Tiedemann, 1808
Ursus meles alba Gmelin, 1788
Ursus meles maculata Gmelin, 1788
Homonyms
Meles meles meles
Common names
Blaireau européen in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Wilson & Reeder (2005) Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic reference
  2. 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.
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