IRMNG - Meles Brisson, 1762

IRMNG taxon details

Meles Brisson, 1762

IRMNG_ID

1360027 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1360027)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mustelidae Fischer, 1817

Synonymised names

Eumeles Gray, 1865 · unaccepted

Meledes Kastschenko, 1925 · unaccepted

Melesium Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted

Melex Ameghino, 1884 · unaccepted

Taxus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 · unaccepted

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Species Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Reg. Anim., 183. . [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Nom. cons.

Taxonomic remark Nom. cons. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Meles Brisson, 1762. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1360027 on 2025-01-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (12)
Notes (3)

original description Reg. Anim., 183. . [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family (except Lontra, Enhydra) [details]

original description (of Melesium Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 59 [details]

original description (of Taxus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795) Mag. Encyclop., 2 (6)
page(s): 187 [details]

original description (of Melex Ameghino, 1884) Filogenia
page(s): 107 [details]

original description (of Eumeles Gray, 1865) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1865
page(s): 140 [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status nomen conservandum [details]

Taxonomic remark Nom. cons. [details]

Type species as cited [Ursus] meles Linnaeus, 1758. [details]