Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 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) .