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Taxidiinae (badger)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Taxidiini was named by Pocock (1920) [ ]. It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Taxidiinae by Marmi et al. (2004) and Owen (2006).

It was assigned to Melinae by Baskin (1998); and to Mustelidae by Marmi et al. (2004) and Owen (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Taxidiini Pocock
1998Taxidiini Baskin p. 160
2004Taxidiinae Marmi et al. p. 491
2006Taxidiinae Owen p. 1002

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyTaxidiinae(Pocock 1920)
subfamilyTaxidiinae(Pocock 1920)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Taxidiinae Pocock 1920 [badger]
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G. †Chamitataxus Owen 2006
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Chamitataxus avitus Owen 2006
G. †Pliotaxidea Hall 1944 [badger]
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Pliotaxidea garberi Wagner 1976
Pliotaxidea nevadensis Butterworth 1916
G. Taxidea Waterhouse 1839 [badger]
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Taxidea mexicana Drescher 1939
Taxidea taxus Schreber 1778 [American badger]
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Taxidea taxus marylandica Gidley and Gazin 1933
Invalid names: Taxidea americana Gray 1865 [synonym], Taxidea robusta Hay 1921 [synonym], Taxidea sulcata Cope 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available