Complete the sentence about European badger with the correct year: Ursus meles was the scientific name used by Carl Linnaeus in ______, who described the badger in his work Systema Naturae.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 1758
Ursus meles was the scientific name used by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, when he described the badger in Systema Naturae. In Welsh it is mochyn daear, meaning earth pig.
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