Meles meles meles

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Melinae
Genus: Meles
Species: Meles meles
Subspecies: Meles meles meles

Name

Meles meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: "Europa inter rimas rupium et lapidum", restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Upsala" [Sweden].

Synonymy

• Ursus meles (protonym)
• Meles meles alba (Gmelin, 1788)
• Meles meles britannicus Satunin, 1905
• Meles meles caucasicus Ognev, 1926
• Meles meles danicus Degerbøl, 1933
• Meles meles maculata (Gmelin, 1788)
• Meles meles tauricus Ognev, 1926
• Meles meles typicus Barrett-Hamilton, 1899
• Meles communis Billberg, 1827
• Meles comunnis caninus Billberg, 1827
• Meles europaeus Desmarest, 1816
• Meles taxus Boddaert, 1785
• Taxus vulgaris Tiedemann, 1808

References

• Linnaeus, C., 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth Edition (10 ed.), Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm 1: 48
• Meles meles meles in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Meles meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Europäischer Dachs
suomi: Euroopanmäyrä