Life Mammalia Carnivora Mustelidae

• Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1778) SW.Canada - C.Mexico (grasslands, arid land). See [maps] American Badger
  • T. t. taxus SW.Ontario (Rainey River District), Great Plains of (Manitoba, Saskatchevan, Alberta) - N.Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota

    • Ursus taxus Schreber, 1778; Die Säugthiere ..., vol. 3: 520; TL: Labrador and Hudson Bay
    • Meles labradorius Gmelin
    • Taxidea americana americana True, 1884; Proc. U.S. Nat Mus., 7 (App. Circ. 29): 609

    • Taxidea taxus; Rhoads, 1894, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 46: 524
    • Taxidea taxus taxus; [LNAM, 747]
  • T. t. jacksoni Schantz, 1946 S.Wisconsin, S.Minnesota

    • Taxidea taxus jacksoni Schantz, 1946; Journ. Mamm., 26 (4): 431; TL: Four miles east of Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin

    • Taxidea taxus jacksoni; [LNAM, 747]
  • T. t. iowae Schantz, 1947 Iowa

    • Taxidea taxus iowae Schantz, 1947; Journ. Mamm., 28 (3): 287; TL: Near Clarion, Wright Co., Iowa

    • Taxidea taxus iowae; [LNAM, 747]
  • T. t. dacotensis Schantz, 1946 S.Dakota (badlands)

    • Taxidea taxus dacotensis Schantz, 1946; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 59: 81; TL: Folsom, Custer Co., S.Dakota

    • Taxidea taxus dacotensis; [LNAM, 748]
  • T. t. montana Schantz, 1950 Montana, Wyoming, N.Colorado

    • Taxidea taxus montana Schantz, 1950; Journ. Mamm., 31 (1): 90; TL: 35 miles S of Dillon, Beaverland Co., Montana

    • Taxidea taxus montana; [LNAM, 748]
  • T. t. merriami Schantz, 1950 Kansas

    • Taxidea taxus merriami Schantz, 1950; Journ. Mamm., 31 (1): 92; TL: Banner, Trego Co., Kansas

    • Taxidea taxus merriami; [LNAM, 748]
  • T. t. kansuensis Schantz, 1950 E.Kansas

    • Taxidea taxus kansuensis Schantz, 1950; Journ. Mamm., 31 (1): 346; TL: 4 miles SE of McLouth, Leavenworth Co., Kansas

    • Taxidea taxus kansuensis; [LNAM, 748]
  • T. t. berlandieri Baird, 1858 Texas, New Mexico, NW.Colorado, S.Utah, Arizona, N.Baja California

    • Taxidea berlandieri Baird, 1858; in Rep. Expl. Suvr. Railr. to Pacific, Mammals, 8 (1): 205; TL: Llano Estacado, Texas, near border of New Mexico
    • Taxidea taxus phippsi Figgins, 1918; Proc. Colorado Mus. Nat. Hist., 2 (2): 1; TL: NE of Chromo, Archuleta Co., Colorado

    • Taxidea americana berlandieri; True, 1884, Proc. U.S. Nat Mus., 7 (App. Circ. 29): 609
    • Taxidea taxus berlandieri; J. A. Allen, 1895, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 7: 256; [LNAM, 748]
  • T. t. littoralis Schantz, 1949 S.Texas (coastal area)

    • Taxidea taxus littoralis Schantz, 1949; Journ. Mamm,. 30 (3): 301; TL: Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas

    • Taxidea taxus littoralis; [LNAM, 748]
  • T. t. apache Schantz, 1948 SE.Arizona, NE.Sorona

    • Taxidea taxus apache Schantz, 1948; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 61: 175; TL: San Pedro River, Arizona and Sonora

    • Taxidea taxus apache; [LNAM, 749]
  • T. t. sonoriensis Goldman, 1939 S.Sonora

    • Taxidea taxus sonoriensis Goldman, 1939; Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 29: 300; TL: Camoa, Rio Mayo, about 15 miles above Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico

    • Taxidea taxus sonoriensis; [LNAM, 749]
  • T. t. hallorani Schantz, 1949 SE.Nevada - SE.California, Arizona, NE.Baja California, NW.Sonora

    • Taxidea taxus hallorani Schantz, 1949; Journ. Mamm,. 30 (3): 302; TL: Castle Dome Mountains, Kofa Game Range, Yuma Co., Arizona

    • Taxidea taxus hallorani; [LNAM, 749]
  • T. t. halli Schantz, 1951 S.Nevada, S.California

    • Taxidea taxus halli Schantz, 1951; Journ. Mamm., 32 (1): 127
    • Taxidea taxus nevadensis Schantz, 1949; Journ. Mamm,. 30 (3): 304 (preocc. Taxidea nevadensis Butterworth, 1916); TL: White Sage Flat, between Desert Range and Sheep Range, Desert Game Range, Clark Co., Nevada

    • Taxidea taxus halli; [LNAM, 749]
  • T. t. neglecta Mearns, 1891 Baja California - E.Oregon

    • Taxidea americana neglecta Mearns, 1891; Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 250; TL: Fort Crook, Shasta Co., California

    • Taxidea taxus neglecta; Miller & Rehn, 1901, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 30: 218; [LNAM, 749]
  • T. t. infusca Thomas, 1898 Baja California (peninsula)

    • Taxidea taxus infusca Thomas, 1898; Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1897 (4): 899; TL: Santa Anita, Baja California, Mexico

    • Taxidea taxus infusca; [LNAM, 749]

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