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- Quaternary Eurasian badgers: Intraspecific variability and species validity

Comparison of lower molar morphologies (occlusal view of m1) of various Melinae from Eurasia. a–j. Meles thorali from Saint-Vallier (France) UCBL FSL438239 (mirrored), MHNL20.161920, MHNL20.161921, MHNL20.161925 (mirrored), NMB.St.V.762, MHNL20.161928, MHNL20.161931, MHNL20.161932 (mirrored), NMB.St.V.305, NMB.St.V.303; k. Meles dimitrius from Gerakarou (Greece) GER-162 (mirrored) see Savvidou et al. (2022); l. Meles iberica from Fonelas P-1 (Spain) FP1-2001-0704; m. Meles hollitzeri from Deutsh-Altemburg 2C (Austria) UWPI 2275/14/117 see Rabeder (1976); n. Meles hollitzeri from Untermassfeld (Germany) IQW 1982/17971 from Wolsan (2001); o–q. Meles meles atavus from Vallparadís Estació (Spain) EVT 23753(mirrored), EVT 25416, EVT 23914 (mirrored); r–a’. extant Meles meles from MCNG 94.10.11.01, MCNG 91.04.17.01, MCNG 92.09.17.01, MCNG 95.02.09.01, MCNG 93.04.11.01, MCNG 96.02.27.01, MCNG 96.01.24.01, MCNG 96.07.08.01, MCNG 96.02.21.01, MCNG 97.11.01.01.A; b’. Meles teilhardi from Danagou, Yuxian (China) V7254 (mirrored); c’. Meles chiai from Gongwangling, Shaanxi (China) V5411; d’. Meles chiai from Zhoukoudian Locality 18 (China) IVP RV40008; e’–h’. Meles magnus from Liucheng, Gigantopithecus Cave (China) V5023 (mirrored), V5024.5, V5024.3, V5024.2 (mirrored); i’. Meles minor from Baikong cave, Guangxi (China) 63; j’. extant M. anakuma NMB8731; k’–m’. extant M. leucurus see Jiangzuo et al. (2018) OV625, IOZH1461, IOZH1464; n’–p’. extant A. albogularis see Jiangzuo et al. (2018) IOZH1469, IOZH1584, IOZ unnumbered specimen. Scale bar equals 3 cm
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