Meles is a genus of badgers,containing three living species,the Japanese Badger (Meles anakuma),Japanese Badger File:220px-Meles (Genus).jpg Asian Badger (Meles leucurus), and European Badger (Meles meles). In an older categorization, they were seen as a single species (Meles meles anakuma, and Meles meles leucurus, Meles meles meles).