Meles vs mammal genus

Meles and mammal genus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Meles	Yes	No	No	No
mammal genus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mammal genus is a hypernym of Meles; that is, mammal genus is a word with a broader meaning than Meles:

Meles (noun)	mammal genus (noun)
in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Melinae	a genus of mammals