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Meles sp., Badger(s)

genus Meles Brisson, 1762

• Modern species: Pleistocene - Present (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Mustelidae

• Distribution
• Quaternary: Fukushima, Tochigi
• Pleistocene: Tochigi, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Ehime

• Subtaxa
• M. anakuma
• M. leucurus kuzuüensis