Caucasian badger

Caucasian badger
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Meles
Species:
M. canescens
Binomial name
Meles canescens
Blanford, 1875
European badger range (also includes Caucasian badger range)

The Caucasian badger (Meles canescens) or Southwest Asian badger is a species of badger native to Western Asia and some islands in the Mediterranean Sea.

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