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The earliest European badger (Meles meles), from the Late Villafranchian site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, SE Iberian Peninsula) Madurell-Malapeira, Joan Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido Ros-Montoya, Sergio Espigares, María Patrocinio Toro Moyano, Isidro Jorge Palmquist-Gomes, Paul Mustélidos Paleontología Paleontological and molecular data suggest that the divergence of the European and Asian badgers (Meles meles and Meles leucurus, respectively) from their ancestor Meles thorali might have taken place in the Middle to Late Villafranchian boundary (ca. 1.8 Ma). However, the available record of Late Villafrachian European badgers is scanty and poorly known, and this hypothesis needs more paleontological data in order to be tested. The badger hemimandible from the Iberian locality of Fuente Nueva 3, a locality placed in the beginning of the Late Villafranchian, supports the idea of an early divergence between European and Asian badgers. 2024-09-26T12:19:27Z 2024-09-26T12:19:27Z 2011 journal article Joan Madurell-Malapeira, Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro, Sergio Ros-Montoya, Maria Patrocinio Espigares, Isidro Toro, Paul Palmqvist, The earliest European badger (Meles meles), from the Late Villafranchian site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, SE Iberian Peninsula), Comptes Rendus Palevol, Volume 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 609-615, ISSN 1631-0683, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2011.06.001. https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33490 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.06.001 eng open access ELSEVIER