Taxidea taxus taxus

Taxonavigation edit

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: 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.

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