Meles canescens
Blanford, 1875
Caucasian 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
Authority citation
Blanford, W.T. 1875-11-01. Descriptions of new Mammalia from Persia and Balúchistan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)16(95):309-313.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128192Original name as described
Meles canescens
Type material
ZSI 16538
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
Abadah, Iran.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Greece · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Egypt · Syria · Iraq · Iran · Turkmenistan · Tajikistan? · Kyrgyzstan · Afghanistan?
Taxonomy notes
split from M. meles
Taxonomy notes citation
Abramov, A. V., & Puzachenko, A. Y. (2013). The taxonomic status of badgers (Mammalia, Mustelidae) from Southwest Asia based on cranial morphometrics, with the redescription of Meles canescens. Zootaxa, 3681(1), 044-058.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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