Meles

From Latin meles (“badger”).

Meles m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – badgers.

• (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; Melinae - 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
• Melogna in neapolitan

• 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 at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Meles at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Meles at Paleobiology Database

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέλης (Mélēs), believed to be of Anatolian/Lydian origin, as many rivers in Asia Minor had this name, written this way by the Greeks to give it a Greek meaning.^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.leːs/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.les/,

Melēs m sg (genitive Melētis); third declension

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

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “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.