---
title: "Southwest Asian Badger"
description: "Meles canescens — Zoogdieren. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/southwest-asian-badger
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southwest Asian Badger

> Meles canescens — Zoogdieren. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Meles canescens*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 381
- Wikidata: [Q107473331](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107473331)
- iNaturalist taxon: [855298](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/855298)

## Names

- en: Southwest Asian Badger
- de: Transkaukasischer Dachs
- es: Tejón del Caucaso
- fr: Blaireau de Perse

## Countries with the most observations

IL (176), GR (74), TR (35), SY (13), IR (10), GE (6), AZ (3), JO (3), LB (3), PS (3)

## Photo

![Southwest Asian Badger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southwest-asian-badger/medium.jpg)

Photo: William Thomas Blanford · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MelesCanescens.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southwest-asian-badger?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).