Meles leucurus Hodgson 1847

Meles leucurus Hodgson 1847, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 16: 763.

Type Locality: "Lhasa, Tibet," [China].

Vernacular Names: Asian Badger.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Meles leucurus subsp. leucurus Hodgson 1847

Subspecies Meles leucurus subsp. amurensis Schrenck 1859

Subspecies Meles leucurus subsp. arenarius Satunin 1895

Subspecies Meles leucurus subsp. sibiricus Kastschenko 1900

Subspecies Meles leucurus subsp. tianschanensis Hoyningen-Huene 1910

Distribution: China, Kazakhstan, North and South Korea, Russia (From Volga River through Siberia).

Discussion: Reviewed by Petrov (1953), Heptner et al. (1967), and Abramov (2001). Synonyms allocated according to Heptner et al. (1967) and Abramov (2001).