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.
–Nature: Vol. 431, #7008, pp. 556-559 [doi: 10.1038/nature02819]