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Taxon: Subfamily Melinae Bonaparte, 1838 - badgers (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Mustelidae

Original position

Questionably Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Questionably †Adroverictis (Genus) Ginsburg & Morales, 1996
Questionably †Arctomeles (Genus) Stach, 1951
Questionably †Lartetictis (Genus) Ginsbourg & Morales, 1996
Questionably †Melodon (Genus) Zdansky, 1924
Questionably †Palaeomeles (Genus) de Villalta Comella & Crusafont Pairó, 1943
Questionably †Parataxidea (Genus) Zdansky, 1924
Questionably †Polgardia (Genus) Kretzoi, 1952
Questionably †Promeles (Genus) Zittel, 1893
Questionably †Sabadellictis (Genus) Petter, 1963
Questionably †Taxodon (Genus) Lartet, 1851
Questionably †Trochotherium (Genus) Fraas, 1870

Subsequent entries

Arctonyx (Genus) Cuvier, 1825
Meles (Genus) Brisson, 1762
Melogale (Genus) Geoffroy, 1831
†Trochictis (Genus) von Meyer, 1842

Current position

Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 269.

Historical positions

Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 269.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 313.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1042.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 3g;8s;33ss; †12g
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 6 Dec 2014 [3g;8s;33ss; †12g]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [3g; †12g]
1993 W.C. Wozencraft [4g;8s]
1982 A.F. DeBlase 6g;8s
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