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Mellivora capensis  (Schreber, 1776)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 621929

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Honey Badger [English]
  
    Ratel [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyMustelidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – mustelids  
                                        SubfamilyMellivorinae Gray, 1865 – honey badgers  
                                           GenusMellivora Storr, 1780  
                                              SpeciesMellivora capensis (Schreber, 1776) – Honey Badger, Ratel  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis abyssinica Hollister, 1910  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis buechneri Baryshnikov, 2000  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis capensis (Schreber, 1776)  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis concisa Thomas and Wroughton, 1907  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis cottoni Lydekker, 1906  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis inaurita (Hodgson, 1836)  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis indica (Kerr, 1792)  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis leuconota Sclater, 1867  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis maxwelli Thomas, 1923  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis pumilio Pocock, 1946  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis signata Pocock, 1909  
                                                 Subspecies Mellivora capensis wilsoni Cheesman, 1920  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Mellivora capensis    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kingdon, Jonathan, and Michael Hoffmann, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammals of Africa, vol. 5: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses   
  Page(s): 560   
  Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing   
  Publication Place: London, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4081-22556   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mellivora capensis, Ratel [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sato, Jun J. / Proulx, G., and E. Do Linh San, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 1: The Systematics and Taxonomy of the World's Badger Species - A Review   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Badgers: systematics, biology, conservation and research techniques   
  Page(s): 1-30   
  Publisher: Alpha Wildlife Publications   
  Publication Place: Alberta, Canada   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9809598-02   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mellivora capensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vanderhaar, Jana M., and Yeen Ten Hwang  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Mellivora capensis   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, no. 721   
  Page(s): 1-8   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-1410   
  Notes: Available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/i282099 or http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/default.html   
  Reference for: Mellivora capensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Mellivora capensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mellivora capensis, Honey Badger [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Mellivora capensis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Southern Asia  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
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