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Taxidea (badger)
Taxonomy
Taxidea was named by Waterhouse (1839). It is extant. Its type is Ursus taxus.
It was assigned to Melinae by Hay (1902), Bjork (1970) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Mustelidae by Waterhouse (1839), Schultz and Howard (1935) and Carroll (1988); to Taxidiini by Baskin (1998); and to Taxidiinae by Marmi et al. (2004) and Owen (2006).
It was assigned to Melinae by Hay (1902), Bjork (1970) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Mustelidae by Waterhouse (1839), Schultz and Howard (1935) and Carroll (1988); to Taxidiini by Baskin (1998); and to Taxidiinae by Marmi et al. (2004) and Owen (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1839 | Taxidea Waterhouse |
| 1902 | Taxidea Hay p. 765 |
| 1935 | Taxidea Schultz and Howard p. 283 |
| 1970 | Taxidea Bjork p. 26 |
| 1980 | Taxidea Kurten and Anderson p. 157 |
| 1988 | Taxidea Carroll |
| 1998 | Taxidea Baskin p. 161 |
| 2004 | Taxidea Marmi et al. p. 491 |
| 2006 | Taxidea Owen p. 1009 |
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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.
G. Taxidea Waterhouse 1839 [badger]
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†Taxidea mexicana Drescher 1939
Taxidea taxus Schreber 1778 [American badger]
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Invalid names: Taxidea americana Gray 1865 [synonym], Taxidea robusta Hay 1921 [synonym], Taxidea sulcata Cope 1877 [synonym]
†Taxidea taxus marylandica Gidley and Gazin 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available