-
species of
mustelid badgers are
grouped in four subfamilies: four
species of
Melinae (genera
Meles and Arctonyx)
including the
European badger, five species...
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genus Arctonyx. They
represent one of the two
genera in the
subfamily Melinae,
alongside the true
badgers (genus Meles).
Arctonyx was
formerly considered...
- ferret-badgers; Ictonychinae,
African polecats and grisons; Lutrinae, otters;
Melinae,
Eurasian badgers; Mellivorinae, the
honey badger; Mustelinae, weasels...
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traditionally thought to be
related to
Eurasian badgers in the
subfamily Melinae of the
weasel family of
carnivorans (the Mustelidae), but
recent DNA analysis...
- ****igned to the
badger subfamily, the
Melinae, it is now
generally agreed that it
bears few
similarities to the
Melinae. It is much more
closely related to...
- procyonids; 17.8 Ma for Taxidiinae; 15.5 Ma for Mellivorinae; 14.8 Ma for
Melinae; 14.0 Ma for
Guloninae + Helictidinae; 11.5 Ma for
Guloninae + Naquinae...
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American badger (Taxidea taxus)
Mellivora Honey badger (M. capensis)
Melinae (Eurasian badgers)
Melogale (ferret-badgers)
Vietnam ferret-badger (M. cucphuongensis)...
-
American badger (Taxidea taxus)
Mellivora Honey badger (M. capensis)
Melinae (Eurasian badgers)
Melogale (ferret-badgers)
Vietnam ferret-badger (M. cucphuongensis)...
- Eira, Gulo,
Martes (subfamily Guloninae) Arctonyx,
Meles (subfamily
Melinae)...
-
several extinct members of the genus. They are
members of the
subfamily Melinae of the
weasel family, Mustelidae. The
genus Meles was
erected by French...
