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Meles iberica

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamila: Mustelinae
Genus: Meles
Species: †Meles iberica

Name

Meles iberica Arribas & Garrido, 2007

Type locality: is Fonelas P-1, which is in a Gelasian/Pleistocene fluvial horizon in the Guadix Formation of Spain.

Holotype: FP1-2001-0564

References

* Alfonso Arribas and Guiomar Garrido, 2007. Meles iberica n. sp., a new Eurasian badger (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Fonelas P-1 (Plio-Pleistocene boundary, Guadix Basin, Granada, Spain), Science Direct, C. R. Palevol, 6 (2007): 545–555

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