†Meles teilhardi Qiu et al. 2004 (badger)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: Z. B. Qiu, T. Deng, and X. Wang. 2004. Early Pleistocene Mammalian Fauna from Longdan, Dongxiang, Gansu, China. Palaeontologia Sinica 27:1-198
Belongs to Meles according to Z. B. Qiu et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Meles anakuma, Meles canescens, Meles iberica, Meles leucurus, Meles meles, Meles taxipater, Meles taxus, Meles thorali
Type specimen: Its type locality is Longdan, Dongxiang, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial packstone in China
Ecology: semifossorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Longdan, Dongxiang
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