†Meles taxipater Schlosser 1903 (badger)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: M. Schlosser. 1903. Die fossilen Saugethiere Chinas nebst einer Odontographie der recenten Antilopen. Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Belongs to Meles according to M. Schlosser 1903
Sister taxa: Meles anakuma, Meles canescens, Meles iberica, Meles leucurus, Meles meles, Meles taxus, Meles teilhardi, Meles thorali
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tientsin, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial sandstone in China
Ecology: semifossorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Tientsin
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