Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Family Mustelidae > Genus Meles

Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ursus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MelesBrisson, 1762accepted genus name

Children

Meles meles leucurus Hodgson, 1847
Meles meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: bala; baldosa; dosëbala; vjedulla sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Danish: Grævling sources: danish PESI focal point
 Dutch: Das sources: Dutch Species Register
 English: Badger; Badger; Eurasian Badger sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve));Charles Hussey
 German: Dachs; Eurasischer Dachs; Europäischer Dachs sources: german PESI focal point;Germany PESI focal point
 Greek: Ασβός sources: Greek PESI focal point
 Hebrew: גירית sources: Hebrew PESI focal point
 Lithuanian: barsukas sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point
 Norwegian Bokmål: grevling sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:48
 Norwegian Nynorsk: grevling sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:48
 Russian: барсук sources: Russian PESI focal point
 Slovenian: jazbec sources: Slovenian PESI focal point
 Swedish: grävling
 Turkish: Porsuk sources: Turkish PESI focal point
 Ukrainian: Борсук; Борсук європейський sources: Ukranian PESI focal point;Ukraine PESI focal point
 Welsh: mochyn daear

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Citation

Prof. Dr. Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ce8652b8-410f-47f8-b47f-df80aeb85483

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

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