Meles anakuma
Temminck, 1843
Japanese Badger
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Caniformia |
Infraorder | : Arctoidea |
Superfamily | : Musteloidea |
Family | : Mustelidae |
Subfamily | : Melinae |
Genus | : Meles |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Temminck, C.J. 1843. Aflevering 1. Pp. 1–24 in Temminck, C.J. 1844. Fauna Japonica. Aperçu général et spécifique sur les mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les îles qui en dépendent. A. Arnz & Co., Leiden, 59 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607718Original name as described
Meles anakuma
Type material
RMNH.MAM.39194.a, RMNH.MAM.39194.b, RMNH.MAM.39195.a, RMNH.MAM.39195.b, RMNH.MAM.39196.a, RMNH.MAM.39196.b, RMNH.MAM.39197, RMNH.MAM.39198, RMNH.MAM.39199
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39194.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39194.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39195.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39195.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39196.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39196.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39197 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39198 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39199Type locality
Japan.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Japan
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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