Taxidea taxus jeffersonii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Mustelinae
Genus: Taxidea
Species: Taxidea taxus
Subspecies: Taxidea taxus jeffersonii

Name

Taxidea taxus jeffersonii (Harlan, 1825)

Type locality: "open plains of Columbia [River Valley], sometimes those of Missouri [Valley]."

Synonyms

• Meles jeffersonii Harlan, 1825
• Taxidea sulcata Cope, 1878
• Taxidea taxus montana Schantz, 1950
• Taxidea americana neglecta Mearns, 1891

References

• Harlan, R. 1825. Fauna Americana: being a description of the mammiferous animals inhabiting North America. Finley, Philadelphia, 318 (309) pp.
• Cope, E. D. 1878. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 17: 227, original reference not seen
• Mearns, E. A. 1891. Observations on the North American badgers, with especial references to the forms found in Arizona, with descriptions of a new subspecies from northern California. Bulletin of the American Museaum of the Natural History, 3: 239–251.
• Schantz, V. S. 1950. A new badger from Montana. Journal of Mammology, 31: 90–92.

Links

• Taxidea taxus jeffersonii in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Taxidea taxus jeffersonii (Harlan, 1825) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).