Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777). Säugethiere, 3(26):pl. 142[1778], text, 3(26):520 [1777]. TYPE LOCALITY: "Er wohnt in Labrador und um die Hudsonsbay," restricted by Long (1972), to "Carman, Manitoba." [Canada]. DISTRIBUTION: SW Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatschewan, Manitoba, Ontario, to Baja California and Puebla (Mexico), east to Lake Ontario. SYNONYMS: americanus Boddaert, 1784; apache Schantz, 1948; berlandieri Baird, 1858; californica Gray, 1865; dacotensis Schantz, 1946; halli Schantz, 1951; hallorani Schantz, 1949; infusca Thomas, 1898; iowae Schantz, 1947; jacksoni Schantz, 1945; jeffersonii Harlan, 1825; kansensis Schantz, 1950; labradorius Gmelin, 1788; littoralis Schantz, 1949; marylandica Gidley and Gaxin, 1933; merriami Schantz, 1950; montanus Richardson, 1829; neglecta Mearns, 1891; nevadensis Schantz, 1949; obscurata de Beaux, 1924; papagoensis Skinner, 1943; phippsi Figgins, 1918; robusta Hay, 1921; sonoriensis Goldman, 1939; sulcata Cope, 1878. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Long (1972; 1973, Mammalian Species, 26).

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 325, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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