Meles meles meles

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamila: Mustelinae
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].

Synonyms

• 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, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• Meles meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

suomi: Euroopanmäyrä