Meles Brisson 1762 (badger)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 41129
Synonyms: Melesium Rafinesque 1815 [objective synonym] (no. 233812), Taxus Geoffroy and Cuvier 1795 [objective synonym] (no. 206223)
Full reference: M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2
Parent taxon: Melinae according to J. Marmi et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Arctomeles, Arctonyx, Melodon, Mephitini, Pelycictis, Promeles
Subtaxa: Meles iberica, Meles meles, Meles taxus, Meles thorali
Ecology: semifossorial carnivore-omnivore