Editing Badger (section)

== Classification ==
{{See also|List of mustelids}}
The following list shows where the various species with the common name of badger are placed in the Mustelidae and Mephitidae classifications. The list is [[polyphyletic]] and the species commonly called badgers do not form a valid [[clade]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore the Database|url=https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html|access-date=2021-06-25|website=www.mammaldiversity.org}}</ref>
* '''Family [[Mustelidae]]'''
** '''Subfamily Melinae'''<ref name="Koepfli2008">{{cite journal |last1= Koepfli |first1= K.-P.|title = Multigene phylogeny of the Mustelidae: Resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation |journal= BMC Biology |volume= 6|page= 10|date= February 2008|doi= 10.1186/1741-7007-6-10 |pmid= 18275614 |last2= Deere|first2= K.A.|last3= Slater |first3= G.J.| last4 = Begg|first4= C.|last5= Begg|first5= K.|last6= Grassman |first6= L.|last7= Lucherini |first7= M.|last8= Veron|first8= G.|last9= Wayne |first9= R.K.|pmc= 2276185|doi-access= free}}</ref><ref name = "Yu2011">{{cite journal |last1= Yu|first1= L.|last2= Peng|first2= D.|last3= Liu|first3= J.|last4= Luan|first4= P.|last5= Liang|first5= L.|last6= Lee|first6= H.|last7= Lee|first7= M.|last8= Ryder|first8= O.A.|last9= Zhang|first9= Y.|year= 2011 |title=On the phylogeny of Mustelidae subfamilies: analysis of seventeen nuclear non-coding loci and mitochondrial complete genomes |journal= BMC Evol Biol |volume= 11 |issue= 1 |page= 92 |doi= 10.1186/1471-2148-11-92 |pmid= 21477367|pmc= 3088541|doi-access= free|bibcode= 2011BMCEE..11...92Y}}</ref><ref name="Law-2018">{{Cite journal|last1= Law|first1=C. J.|last2= Slater|first2=G. J.|last3= Mehta|first3=R. S. |date= 2018-01-01 |title=Lineage Diversity and Size Disparity in Musteloidea: Testing Patterns of Adaptive Radiation Using Molecular and Fossil-Based Methods |journal=[[Systematic Biology]] |volume= 67|issue= 1|pages= 127–144|doi= 10.1093/sysbio/syx047|pmid=28472434|doi-access= free}}</ref>
*** '''Genus ''[[Arctonyx]]'''''
**** [[Northern hog badger]], ''Arctonyx albogularis''
****[[Greater hog badger]], ''Arctonyx collaris''
****[[Sumatran hog badger]], ''Arctonyx hoevenii''
*** '''Genus ''[[Meles (genus)|Meles]]'''''
**** [[Japanese badger]], ''Meles anakuma''
**** [[Asian badger]], ''Meles leucurus''
**** [[European badger]], ''Meles meles''
****[[Caucasian badger]], ''Meles canescens''
** '''Subfamily [[Helictidinae]]'''<ref name = "Koepfli2008" /><ref name = "Yu2011" /><ref name="Law-2018" />
*** '''Genus ''[[Melogale]]'''''
**** [[Burmese ferret-badger]], ''Melogale personata''
**** [[Javan ferret-badger]], ''Melogale orientalis''
**** [[Chinese ferret-badger]], ''Melogale moschata''
****[[Formosan ferret-badger]], ''Melogale subaurantiaca''
**** [[Bornean ferret-badger]], ''Melogale everetti''
**** [[Vietnam ferret-badger]], ''Melogale cucphuongensis''
** '''Subfamily [[Mellivorinae]]'''
*** [[Honey badger]], ''Mellivora capensis''
** '''Subfamily [[Taxidiinae]]''':
*** †''[[Chamitataxus avitus]]''
*** †''Pliotaxidea nevadensis''
*** †''Pliotaxidea garberi''
*** [[American badger]], ''Taxidea taxus''
* '''Family [[Mephitidae]]'''
** '''Subfamily [[Mydainae]]'''
*** '''Genus ''[[Mydaus]]'''''
**** Indonesian or [[Sunda stink badger]] (''teledu''), ''Mydaus javanensis''
**** [[Palawan stink badger]], ''Mydaus marchei''