Taxidea

Taxidea taxus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Taxidiinae
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.
  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 Waterhouse, 1839 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

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

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