. . . . . . . . "lc" . "The European badger (Meles meles) is a species of badger in the family Mustelidae and is native to almost all of Europe and some parts of the Middle East. Several subspecies are recognised; the nominate subspecies (Meles meles meles) predominates over most of Europe."@en . "IUCN3.1" . . . . "European badger"@en . .