Mellivora

Mellivora capensis (honey badger)

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: Mellivora
Species: M. capensis

Name

Mellivora Storr, 1780

Type species: Viverra ratel Sparrman, 1777 (= Viverra capensis Schreber, 1776), by designation (Sclater, 1900); (Melville & Smith, 1987).

Synonyms

• Lipotus Sundevall, 1843
• Melitoryx Gloger, 1841
• Melivora Gray, 1847
• Ratellus Gray, 1827
• Rattelus Swainson, 1835
• Ratelus Gray, 1825
• Ursitaxus Hodgson, 1835
• Ursotaxus Blyth, 1840
• Viverra Schreber, 1776

References

• Storr, G. C. C. 1780. Prodromus methodi mammalium. Litteris Reissianis, Tubingae, Germany. p. 34, Tabl. A.
• Mellivora 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
• Mellivora Storr, 1780 Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

日本語: ラーテル属
ไทย: ฮันนี่แบดเจอร์

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