Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:48 . TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden , Uppsala . DISTRIBUTION: Scandinavia to S. Siberia, south to Israel ; China ; Korea ; and Japan , and on Ireland , Britain, Balearic Isis., Crete, and Rhodes. COMMENT: Includes amurensis; see Corbet, 1978:175. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412004013001001.