Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 325

Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777) . Säugethiere, 3(26):pl. 142[1778], text, 3(26):520 [1777].

TYPE LOCALITY: "Er wohnt in Labrador und um die Hudsonsbay," restricted by Long (1972), to "Carman, Manitoba." [ Canada] .

DISTRIBUTION: SW Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatschewan, Manitoba, Ontario, to Baja California and Puebla ( Mexico), east to Lake Ontario.

SYNONYMS: americanus Boddaert, 1784 ; apache Schantz, 1948 ; berlandieri Baird, 1858 ; californica Gray, 1865 ; dacotensis Schantz, 1946; halli Schantz, 1951; hallorani Schantz, 1949; infusca Thomas, 1898; iowae Schantz, 1947; jacksoni Schantz, 1945 ; jeffersonii Harlan, 1825 ; kansensis Schantz, 1950; labradorius Gmelin, 1788 ; littoralis Schantz, 1949 ; marylandica Gidley and Gaxin, 1933; merriami Schantz, 1950; montanus Richardson, 1829; neglecta Mearns, 1891 ; nevadensis Schantz, 1949; obscurata de Beaux, 1924; papagoensis Skinner, 1943; phippsi Figgins, 1918; robusta Hay, 1921 ; sonoriensis Goldman, 1939; sulcata Cope, 1878 .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Long (1972; 1973, Mammalian Species, 26).