Nowak, 1991, McKenna & Bell, 1997 and (partly) Wallace & Wang, 2004
<==o Melinae Burminster, 1850 (badgers; mäyrät) |?- †Taxodon |?- †Trochotherium |?- †Lartetictis dubia (de Blainville, 1841) Ginsburg & Morales, 1996 [Mionictis dubia (de Blainville, 1841)] |?- †Adroverictis ginsburgi (Alcala et al., 1994) Ginsburg & Morales, 1996 [Mionictis ginsburgi Alcala et al., 1994] |?- †Parataxidea |?- †Palaeomeles |?- †Sabadellictis |?- †Polgardia |?-o †Promeles Zittel, 1893 | `-- †P. macedonicus |?-+-- †“Melodon” sotnikovae Tedford & Harington 2003 | `--+--o †Melodon Zdansky, 1924 | | `-- †M. major | `--o †Arctomeles Stach, 1961 | |-- †A. dimolodontus Wallace & Wang, 2004 | `-- †A. pliocaenicus |?-o Meles Linnaeus, 1758 [Heterictis, Iranictis] (badger; mäyrä) | |?-+-- M. anakuma Temminck, 1844 (Japanese Badger; japaninmäyrä) | | `--o M. leucurusHodgson, 1847 (Asian Badger; aasianmäytä) | | |-- M. l. leucurus Hodgson, 1847 (Common sand badger; itäaasianmäytä) | | |-- M. l. amurensis Schrenck, 1859 (Amur badger; amurinmäyrä) | | |-- M. l. arenarius Satunin, 1895 (Kazakh badger; keskiaasianmäytä) | | |-- M. l. sibiricus Kastschenko, 1900 (Siberian badger; siperianmäyröä) | | `-- M. l. tianschanensis Hoyningen-Huene, 1910 (Tien Shan badger; tienshanmäyrä) | `--o M. meles Linnaeus, 1758 (European Badger; mäyrä; euroopan mäyrä) | |-- M. m. meles Linnaeus, 1758 (European badger; mäyrä; euroopanmäyrä) | |-- M. m. arcalus (Miller, 1907) (Crete badger; kreetanmäyrä) | |-- M. m. canascens Blanford, 1875 (Trans caucasian badger; transkaukasuksenmäyrä) | |-- M. m. heptneri Ognev, 1931 (Kizlyar badger) | |-- M. m. marianensis Graells, 1897 (Iberian badger; iberianmäyrä) | |-- M. m. milleri Baryshnikov, Puzachenko & Abramov, 2003 (Norwegian badger; länsinorjanmäyrä) | |-- M. m. rhodius Festa, 1914 (Rhodes badger; rhodoksenmäyrä) | `-- M. m. severzovi Heptner, 1940; (Fergana badger; fergananmäyrä) |?- Arctonyx collaris Cuvier, 1825 (Hog Badger; collared badger; kaulusmäyrä) `?-o Helictinae `--o Melogale I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831 (Ferret badgers; aurinkomäyrät) |--+-- M. moschata (Gray, 1831) (Chinese Ferret-badger; kiinanaurinkomäyrä) | `?- M. sorella [ssp.=>M. moschata?] |--+-- M. personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831 (Burmese Ferret-badger; intianaurinkomäyrä) | `?- M. orientalis Blanford, 1888 [M. personata orientalis Blanford, 1888] (Javan Ferret-badger; idänaurinkomäyrä) `-- M. everetti (Thomas, 1895) (Bornean Ferret-badger; Everett's ferretbadger)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Wallace, S. C. & Wang, X., 2004: Two new carnivores from an unusual late Tertiary forest biota in eastern North America.
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