Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Das
Common Names in English:
Badger, Eurasian Badger, Eurasian Badger;old World Badger;badger, European Badger
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,868 meters (0 to 6,129 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ferae
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Mckenna, 1975:41
- Order:
Carnivora
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Suborder:
Caniformia
()
- Kretzoi, 1943
- Infraorder:
Arctoidea
()
- Flower, 1869
- Parvorder:
Mustelida
()
- Tedford, 1976
- Family:
Mustelidae
()
- (Fischer De Waldheim, 1817) Swainson, 1835:321
- Family:
Mustelidae
(
- Parvorder:
Mustelida
(
- Infraorder:
Arctoidea
(
- Suborder:
Caniformia
(
- Order:
Carnivora
(
- Grandorder:
Ferae
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Oct-2003
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Meles
There are approximately 22 species in this genus:
M. arcalus · M. atavus · M. chiai · M. dimitrius · M. leucurus · M. meles (Eurasian Badger;old World Badger;badger) · M. meles amurensis · M. meles anakuma · M. meles arcalus · M. meles canescens · M. meles danicus · M. meles leptorhynchus · M. meles leptorynchus · M. meles leucurus · M. meles marianensis · M. meles melanogenys · M. meles meles · M. meles rhodius · M. meles supbsp · M. meles tauricus · M. taxus · M. thorali
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Further Reading
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- A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. ENG url p. 432, p. 624.
- A study of the mammals of Iran: resulting from the Street Expedition of 1962-63 [by] Douglas M. Lay. [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1967. ENG url p. 210, p. 279, p. 75, p. 76, p. 92.
- A survey of the mammals of Afghanistan, resulting from the 1965 Street Expedition (excluding bats) [by] Jerry D. Hassinger. [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1973. ENG url p. 139, p. 141.
- Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 58, p. 95.
- Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. Genova: Tip. del R. Istituto Sordo-Muti, 1870-1914. ITA url p. 173.
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 91.
- Bibliographia zoologica. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1896-1934. MUL url p. 164.
- Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciias Naturais. Lisboa, Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciias Naturais, 1908- ENG url p. 100, p. 114.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 29, p. 34.
- Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum, by Gerrit S. Miller. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1912. ENG url p. 1003, p. 341, p. 342, p. 343, p. 344, p. 347, p. 348, p. 352, p. 353, p. 354, p. 436.
- Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum / by Gerrit S. Miller. London: BMNH, 1912. ENG url p. 1003, p. 1018, p. 343, p. 344, p. 345, p. 346, p. 347, p. 348, p. 349, p. 352, p. 353, p. 354.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. ENG url p. 271, p. 271, p. 272, p. 273, p. 274.
- Discovery reports. London; Cambridge University Press. ENG url p. 483, p. 485.
- Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs: wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Leipzig: C.F. Winter, [1892- ] GER url p. 65.
- Fauna and flora of Haileybury. Hartford, Stephen Austin, 1902. ENG url p. 1.
- Fauna och flora: populr tidskrift fr biologi. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1906-1967; SWE url p. 222.
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. ENG url p. 21.
- General function of the gall bladder from the evolutionary standpoint, by Frank W. Gorham and Andrew Conway Ivy. Chicago, 1938. ENG url p. 193.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. ENG url p. 149.
- Mammals of Eastern Asia / by G.H.H. Tate. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. ENG url p. 153, p. 154.
- Mammals of the Pacific world / [by] T.D. Carter, J.E. Hill [and] G.H.H. Tate. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1945. ENG url p. 82.
- Manual of elementary zoology. London, Oxford University Press, 1958. ENG url p. 489, p. 750.
- Meddelanden af Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsingfors[Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica] SWE url p. 130, p. 161, p. 163, p. 199, p. 202, p. 214, p. 260, p. 33, p. 97.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 596, p. 670.
- Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [San Diego, Calif.]: San Diego Society of Natural History, 1990- ENG url p. 65, p. 66.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 462, p. 982.
- Readings in mammalogy: selected from the original literature and introduced with comments / by J. Knox Jones, Jr. and Sydney Anderson. [Lawrence]Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1970. ENG url p. 235, p. 246.
- Sex and internal secretions. Contributors: A. Albert [and others] Foreword by George W. Corner. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1961. ENG url p. 873.
- Small Carnivore Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 173.
- System of ophthalmology. St. Louis, Mosby, 1958- ENG url p. 768.
- The Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892-1911. ENG url p. 53.
- The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] ENG url p. 101.
- The Scottish naturalist. Arbroath [etc.]T. Buncle & Co. [etc.] ENG url p. 281, p. 289.
- The anthropology of Iraq. The Upper Euphrates / by Henry Field, Curator of Physical Anthropology. Chicago:Field Museum, 1940 ENG url p. 160, p. 222.
- The auditory region of the arctoid carnivores. [Chicago, 1943] ENG url p. 47.
- The biology of the protozoa. Illus. with 223 engravings and 2 col. plates. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1933. ENG url p. 373.
- The fauna from the terminal Pleistocene of Palegawra Cave, a Zarzian occupation site in northeastern Iraq / Priscilla F. Turnbull -- and Charles A. Reed --. [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1974. ENG url p. 92.
- The giant panda: a morphological study of evolutionary mechanisms / D. Dwight Davis. Chicago, U.S.A.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1964. ENG url p. 243.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
- Zoologische Jahrbücher. Jena [Germany]: G. Fischer, GER url p. 194, p. 28.
- Zoologischer Anzeiger. Jena, VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag. GER url p. 54.
- Zoologischer Jahresbericht. Berlin, R. Friedlander. GER url p. 5.
- Über die Fauna des Plagefenngebietes / F. Dahl. Berlin: Gebr. Borntraeger, 1912. GER url p. 632.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
- Mustelid Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Mammal Research Institute PAS, Mammal Collection
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Badger dataset
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478279
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-621922
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14379098
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 621922
- IUCN ID: 29673
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 127972
Footnotes
- Mean = 157.200 meters (515.748 feet), Standard Deviation = 191.940 based on 8,355 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
