Meles amurensis

von Schrenck, 1859

Amur Badger

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

Authority citation

Schrenck, L. von. 1859-01-05. Erste Lieferung. Einleitung. Säugethiere des Amur-Landes. Pp. 1–213 in Schrenck, L. von. 1858-1860. Reisen und Forschungen im Amur-Lande in den Jahren 1854–1856. Band I. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 567 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479355 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479714

Original name as described

Meles Taxus Var. amurensis

Type locality

Amur region, not far from mouth of Ussuri River, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · North Korea · South Korea · China · Mongolia?

Taxonomy notes

split from M. leucurus

Taxonomy notes citation

Puzachenko, A. Y., Yudin, V. G., & Abramov, A. V. (2025). Cranial variation and taxonomic status of Far-Eastern badgers, with remarks on Pleistocene paleogeography of Meles (Carnivora: Mustelidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 75, 147-164.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006938

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Meles Taxus Var. amurensis

von Schrenck, 1859

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

amurensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

212, pl. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479355 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479714

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Schrenck (1859:212, pl. 1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)

Meles Schrenckii

Nehring, 1891

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

schrenckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789616

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Nehring (1891:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67732)

Meles amurensis

Ognev, 1912

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

amurensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

491

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8484952

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Ognëv (1912:491, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8484952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68072)

Meles melanogenys

J. A. Allen & R. C. Andrews, 1913

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

melanogenys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-33951

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-33951

Authority page

433

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26891323

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Kishida & Mori (1931:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69755)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Meles meles amurensis

Stroganov, 1962

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

amurensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

169

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Stroganov (1962:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69465)

Meles leucurus amurensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

amurensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

schrenkii

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

schrenkii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

611

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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