Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Badger, Eurasian Badger)

Interactions where Meles meles is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult is predator of adult UK/Ireland Timarcha tenebricosa Bloody-nosed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Mustelidae/Meles meles/Meles melesbadger, eurasian badgeradult Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Timarcha tenebricosa/Timarcha tenebricosabloody-nosed beetleadult
is predator of nest Bombus bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees Hymenoptera: Apidae Bumblebees, Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987
 /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Mustelidae/Meles meles/Meles melesbadger, eurasian badger Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus/Bombusbumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo beesnest

Interactions where Meles meles is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
has blood sucked by Minor Ixodes ventalloi Rabbit Tick Ixodida: Ixodidae Ticks of North-West Europe, Hillyard, P.D., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Ixodes) ventalloi/Ixodes (Ixodes) ventalloirabbit tick Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Mustelidae/Meles meles/Meles melesbadger, eurasian badgerMinor sucks the blood of
is ectoparasitised by adult UK/IrelandRare Lipoptena cervi Deer Ked, Deer-ked, Deer Fly Diptera: Hippoboscidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Lipoptena cervi/Lipoptena cervideer ked, deer-ked, deer flyadult Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Mustelidae/Meles meles/Meles melesbadger, eurasian badgerRare adult ectoparasitises
dung dung dung may support fruitbody Psathyrella scatophila a brittlestem Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae Fourteen coprophilous species of Psathyrella identified in the Nordic countries using morphology and nuclear rDNA sequence data, Larsson, E. & Orstadius, L., 2008
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella scatophila/Psathyrella scatophilaa brittlestemfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Mustelidae/Meles meles/Meles melesbadger, eurasian badgerdung fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Hillyard, P.D., 1996Ticks of North-West EuropeSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 52, 178pp, Field Studies Council
Hutson, A.M., 1984Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 7, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Larsson, E. & Orstadius, L., 2008Fourteen coprophilous species of Psathyrella identified in the Nordic countries using morphology and nuclear rDNA sequence dataMycol. Res. 112 (10): 1165-1185.
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987BumblebeesNaturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Meles meles (Badger, Eurasian Badger) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeles meles (Badger, Eurasian Badger)
FamilyMUSTELIDAE (stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets, otters, badgers, martens)
SuborderCANIFORMIA (a suborder of terrestrial mammals)
OrderCARNIVORA (carnivores)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Meles meles (Badger, Eurasian Badger)

Meles meles (Badger, Eurasian Badger) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
ISG Bovine TB: The Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/tb/isg/index.htm

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Meles meles (Badger, Eurasian Badger):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Meles meles (Badger, Eurasian Badger)
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