Meles meles

(Linnaeus, 1758)

European Badger

Also as Eurasian Badger.
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Location:UK, England, ShropshireDate taken:Jun 27, 2015

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3637

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Parvorder : Mustelida
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Melinae
Genus : Meles

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033859

Original name as described

Ursus Meles

Other common names

Eurasian Badger

Type locality

Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Ireland · United Kingdom · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Portugal · Spain · France · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Belgium · Germany · Denmark · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Slovakia · Poland · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Montenegro · Serbia · Kosovo · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Turkey · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. canescens

Taxonomy notes citation

Abramov, A.V. and Puzachenko, A.Yu. 2013. The taxonomic status of badgers (Mammalia, Mustelidae) from Southwest Asia based on cranial morphometrics, with the redescription of Meles canescens. Zootaxa 3681(1):44-58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3681.1.2

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005859

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 35 names and synonyms.

Ursus Meles

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

meles

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033859

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Berkenhout (1769:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25813722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68488)
  4. Boddaert (1772:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  5. Müller (1776:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37288)
  6. Erxleben (1777:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  7. Leske (1779:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  8. Borowski (1780:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  9. Gmelin (1788:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  10. Kerr (1792:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  11. Wolf (1796:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  12. Cuvier (1797:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  13. Daudin (1802:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  14. Turton (1802:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  15. Cuvier (1816:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39676)
  16. Gray (1821:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  17. Griffith (1822:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  18. Brincken (1828:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67578)
  19. Serres (1832:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43474)
  20. Crespon (1844:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  21. Crisp (1862:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)

Meles Taxus

Boddaert, 1785

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

taxus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230044

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Link (1795:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  3. Borkhausen (1797:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  4. Treviranus (1802:209, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  5. Treviranus (1803:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  6. Goldfuss (1809:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  7. Fischer (1814:xi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  8. Voigt (1819:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  9. Nilsson (1820:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  10. Schinz (1821:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  11. Schinz (1825:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  12. Fischer (1829:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  13. Burnett (1830:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  14. Melchior (1834:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  15. S.D.W. (1836:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)
  16. Nordmann (1839:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  17. Gloger (1841:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13515367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59951)
  18. Blainville (1841:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57989443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68404)
  19. Bonaparte (1845:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  20. Gray (1847:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44755519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38772)
  21. Gistel (1848:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  22. Blyth (1852:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  23. Blyth (1853:590, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68927)
  24. Fitzinger (1855:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  25. Dallas (1855:484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49123)
  26. Loche (1858:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
  27. Schrenck (1859:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  28. Radde (1861:677, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  29. Radde (1862:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  30. Blyth (1863:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  31. Gray (1865:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  32. Gray (1869:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  33. Sclater (1872:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  34. Severtsov (1873:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  35. Severtsov (1876:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36030)
  36. Danford & Alston (1880:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68533)
  37. Nikol'skiy (1883:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67821)
  38. Nehring (1891:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67732)
  39. Lydekker (1894:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51456170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50019)
  40. Satunin (1895:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13341826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67731)
  41. Elera (1895:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  42. Schulze (1897:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  43. Acloque (1900:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  44. Seabra (1900:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68463)
  45. Trouessart (1904:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  46. Osborn (1910:429, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47352525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39483)
  47. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ursus Meles maculata

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

maculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751322

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Meles Taxus albus

Bechstein, 1801

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

alba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

733

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30257985

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Meles Taxus maculatus

Bechstein, 1801

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

maculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

733

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30257985

Authority publication

Leipzig

Taxus meles

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

meles

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  2. Muirhead (1819:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  3. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Taxus vulgaris

(Tiedemann, 1808)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

376

Authority publication

Landshut

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Meles vulgaris

Illiger, 1815

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Hemprich (1820:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  3. Desmarest (1821:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  4. Schinz (1821:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  5. Lichtenstein (1823:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65818)
  6. Lesson (1827:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  7. Eichwald (1831:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  8. Ménétries (1832:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41529503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69276)
  9. Schinz (1837:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  10. Waterhouse (1839:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40543)
  11. Smith (1842:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  12. Murray (1866:329, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Meles europaeus

A. G. Desmarest, 1816

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

europaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21109611

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Ranzani (1820:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  2. Baillon (1834:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34171226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67511)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Meles communis caninus

Billberg, 1827

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

canina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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