Taxidea taxus

Taxidea taxus

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: Taxidea taxus
Subspecies: T. t. berladieri - T. t. jacksoni - T. t. jeffersonii - †T. t. marylandica - T. t. taxus

Name

Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777)

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

References

• Schreber, J. C. D. 1777. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen 1776-1778. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 3(26): pl. 142[1778], see also text, 3(26):520[1777].
• Charles A. Long, 1973. Taxidea taxus. Mammalian Species, 26: 1-4.

Links

• Taxidea taxus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• IUCN: Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777) (Least Concern)
• Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777) Report on ITIS
• Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Taxidea taxus

Vernacular names

English: American Badger
italiano: Tasso americano
日本語: アメリカアナグマ
polski: Borsuk amerykański
русский: Американские барсуки
Türkçe: Boz porsuk, Amerika porsuğu

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