Taxidea taxus taxus
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Taxidiinae
Genus: Taxidea
Species: Taxidea taxus
Subspecies: Taxidea taxus taxus
Name
[edit]Taxidea taxus taxus (Schreber, 1777)
Type locality: "Er wohnt in Labrador und um die Hudsonsbay," restricted by Long (1972a), to "Carman, Manitoba." [Canada].
Synonyms
[edit]- Meles Taxus β americanus Boddaert, 1784
- Taxidea taxus dacotensis Schantz, 1946
- Taxidea taxus iowae Schantz, 1947
- Taxidea taxus kansensis Schantz, 1950
- Taxidea taxus merriami Schantz, 1950
- Ursus labradorius Gmelin, 1788
References
[edit]- 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].
- Boddaert, P. 1784. Elanchus animalium. Roterodami, vol. 1. 174 (80) pp.
- Gmelin, J. F. 1788. Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis., 13th ed., vol. 1. 500 (102) pp.
- Schantz, V. S. 1946. A new badger from South Dakota. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 59: 81–82.
- Schantz, V. S. 1947. A new subspecies of badger from the state of Iowa. Journal of Mammology, 28: 287–288.
- Schantz, V. S. 1950. A new race of badger (Taxidea) from Kansas. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 40: 92–93.
- Schantz, V. S. 1950. A new race of badger (Taxidea) from eastern Kansas. Journal of Mammology, 31: 346–347.
Links
[edit]- Taxidea taxus taxus 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 taxus (Schreber, 1777) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).