Taxidea taxus (Schreber 1777)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 619

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scientific name

Taxidea taxus (Schreber 1777)
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Taxidea taxus (Schreber 1777) View in CoL

[Ursus] taxus Schreber 1777 View in CoL , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3, 26: pl. 142 [1778], see also text, 3 (26): 520 [1777].

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

Vernacular Names: American Badger.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Taxidea taxus subsp. taxus Schreber 1777

Subspecies Taxidea taxus subsp. berlandieri Baird 1858

Subspecies Taxidea taxus subsp. jacksoni Schantz 1946

Subspecies Taxidea taxus subsp. jeffersonii Harlan 1825

Subspecies Taxidea taxus subsp. marylandica Gidley and Gaxin 1933

Distribution: Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatschewan, Manitoba, Ontario), Mexico (Baja California N and C Mexico), USA (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and most states west of the Mississippi River, except Louisiana, Arkansas).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Long (1972 a, 1973). Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Long (1973).

Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.

Long, C. A. 1972 a. Taxonomic revision of the North American badger, Taxidea taxus. Journal of Mammalogy, 59 (4): 725 - 759.

Long, C. A. 1973. Taxidea taxus. Mammalian Species, 26: 1 - 4.

Schreber, J. C. D. 1777. Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen 1776 - 1778. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 3: 377 - 440, pls. 104 B, 107 Aa, 109 B, 110 B, 115 B, 125 B, 127 B, 136, 146 A.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

SubOrder

Caniformia

Family

Mustelidae

SubFamily

Mustelinae

Genus

Taxidea