Meles magnus

Meles magnus; Temporal range: Early Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Genus:	Meles
Species:	†M. magnus
Binomial name
	†Meles magnus; Jiangzuo et. al., 2018

Last updated June 15, 2025

Meles magnus is an extinct species of Meles that lived in East Asia during the Pleistocene epoch.

Distribution

Meles magnus fossils are known from the Liucheng Gigantopithecus Cave in Guangxi.^[1]

References

↑ Jiangzuo, Qi-Gao; Liu, Jin-Yi; Wagner, Jan; Chen, Jin (June 2018). "Taxonomical revision of "Arctonyx" fossil remains from the Liucheng Gigantopithecus Cave (South China) by means of morphotype and morphometrics, and a review of Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Meles fossil records in China" . Palaeoworld . 27 (2): 282–300. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2017.12.001 . Retrieved 19 February 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] Jiangzuo, Qi-Gao; Liu, Jin-Yi; Wagner, Jan; Chen, Jin (June 2018). "Taxonomical revision of "Arctonyx" fossil remains from the Liucheng Gigantopithecus Cave (South China) by means of morphotype and morphometrics, and a review of Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Meles fossil records in China" . Palaeoworld . 27 (2): 282–300. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2017.12.001 . Retrieved 19 February 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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