Mellivora capensis (honey badger)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Superordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Ferae
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Mustelinae
Genus: Mellivora
Species: M. capensis

Name

Mellivora Storr, 1780

Type species: Viverra ratel Sparrman, 1777 (= Viverra capensis Schreber, 1776), by designation (Sclater, 1900); (Melville & Smith, 1987).

Synonyms

  • Lipotus Sundevall, 1843
  • Melitoryx Gloger, 1841
  • Melivora Gray, 1847
  • Ratellus Gray, 1827
  • Rattelus Swainson, 1835
  • Ratelus Gray, 1825
  • Ursitaxus Hodgson, 1835
  • Ursotaxus Blyth, 1840
  • Viverra Schreber, 1776

References

Vernacular names

日本語: ラーテル属
ไทย: ฮันนี่แบดเจอร์
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