"mesocarnivore" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2013 December 11, Jonathan Scott, Nature's Greatest Hits: The Natural History and Biodiversity of Fort Worth, Texas, page 78",
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          "ref": "2015 July 30, “Inferring Population Genetic Structure in Widely and Continuously Distributed Carnivores: The Stone Marten ( Martes foina ) as a Case Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI",
          "text": "The importance of major rivers as barriers to gene flow in mesocarnivores has been identified in previous studies on other species (e.g. badger, Meles meles; wildcat, Felis silvestris).",
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          "text": "In any case, the golden jackal is an important new meso-carnivore in Europe and it is here to stay.",
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