Taxidea

Taxidea taxus (American badger)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamila: Mustelinae
Genus: Taxidea
Species: T. taxus

Name

Taxidea Waterhouse, 1839

Type species: Ursus meles labradorius Gmelin, 1788 (= Ursus taxus Schreber, 1777), by original designation (Melville and Smith, 1987).

References

• Waterhouse, G. R. 1838 [1839]. On the skull and dentition of the American badger (Meles labradoria). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1838: 154.

Links

• Taxidea in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Taxidea Waterhouse, 1839 Report on ITIS

Vernacular name

日本語: アメリカアナグマ属
Türkçe: Amerika porsuğu