Meles

From Latin meles (“badger”)

Meles m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Mustelidae - family; Mustelinae - subfamily

• (genus): Meles meles (European badger) - type species; Meles anakuma (Japanese badger), Meles leucurus (Asian badger) - other extant species; †Meles hollitzeri, †Meles thorali - extinct species

• †Arctomeles
• Melodon
• Melogale
• Promeles

• Meles (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Meles on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Meles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Meles in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
• Meles at AnimalBase
• Meles on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Meles at Encyclopedia of Life
• Meles at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Meles at Fossilworks

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέλης (Mélēs).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.leːs/, [ˈmɛ.ɫeːs]

Melēs m (genitive Melētis); third declension

1. a river of Ionia, celebrated in the antiquity for the healing powers of its water

Third declension.

• Meles in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Meles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette