Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Carnivora > Family: Mustelidae > Genus: Meles > Species: Meles meles > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Meles meles arcalus Miller, 1907	Ellerman J R and Morrison-Scott T C S. (1966)
Meles meles rhodius Festa, 1914	Ellerman J R and Morrison-Scott T C S. (1966)
Meles meles leucurus Hodgson, 1847	Fauna Europaea (2005)
Meles meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)	Fauna Europaea (2005)

Badger - Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Natura 2000 sites	1 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	agricultural mosaics cropland heathland and shrub woodland and forest
May also occur in	grassland urban wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	2631

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES4210005	Spain	Laguna de Los Ojos de Villaverde	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Badger	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Baldosa	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Barsukas	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Blaireau européen	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Borsuk	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Bursuc	Romanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Dachs	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Das	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Duess	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Eurázsiai borz	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Grävling	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Greifingi	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Grevling	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Grævling	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Jazavac	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Jazbec	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Jazvec lesný	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Jezevec lesní	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mäger	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mäyrä	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Porsuk	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Tasso	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Tejón	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Texugo	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vjedulla	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Ursus meles	Linnaeus, 1758
Meles taxus	Boddaert, 1785
Taxus vulgaris	Tiedemann, 1808
Taxidea leucurus	Hodgson, 1847
Meles schrenkii	Nehring, 1891

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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