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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—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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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 10.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections (90 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Oregon) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (19089)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Taxidiinae indet. (18143 26565)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Washington) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (232055)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) Pliotaxidea garberi (19533)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Pliotaxidea sp. (18900 19054) Taxidea nevadensis (19095)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18806) Pliotaxidea sp. (18970 19116)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Taxidea sp. (18718)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Idaho) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (19085)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18140)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Nayarit) Taxidea sp. (212338)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Taxidea sp. (18304)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18097)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Pliotaxidea sp. (18036)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (19612) Pliotaxidea sp. (19514)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) Chamitaxus avitus (19473)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Pliotaxidea garberi (19582)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Pliotaxidea garberi (18126 18359) Pliotaxidea nevadensis (18247 18499 35430)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Chihuahua) Taxidea mexicana (18755)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Taxidea mexicana (18713) Taxidea sp., Taxidea mexicana (18740)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Oregon) Taxidea taxus (226540)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Taxidea sp. (20033 20051) Taxidea taxus (20060)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Taxidea taxus (19929 19932 19936)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nevada) Taxidea sp. (19965)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) Carnivora indet. (19970) Taxidea sp. (19981 230461)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Taxidea taxus (19963)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Taxidea sp. (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Taxidea sp. (19653)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Taxidea sp. (19714)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Taxidea sp. (19813)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Sonora) Taxidea sp. (20322)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.9 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Taxidea sp. (19652)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Taxidea taxus (93373)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Taxidea taxus (125941)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Taxidea taxus (20479)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Iowa) Taxidea taxus (20556)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Taxidea taxus (20143)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Taxidea robusta (19617)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) Taxidea taxus (20283)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Taxidea marylandica, Taxidea taxus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Washington) Taxidea taxus (20307)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Taxidea taxus (20164 20530)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Taxidea sp. (20214) Taxidea taxus (20126 20272 20327)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) Taxidea taxus (20505)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Taxidea taxus (20150 20300 20304 20329 20349 20477 20559)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Taxidea taxus (93141 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Taxidea taxus (93244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Taxidea taxus (20590)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Taxidea taxus (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Taxidea taxus (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kentucky) Taxidea sp. (74141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Taxidea taxus (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Taxidea taxus (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Taxidea sp. (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Taxidea sp. (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Taxidea taxus (74953)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Taxidea taxus (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Taxidea sp. (20644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Taxidea taxus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Taxidea sp. (93537)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Taxidea sp. (20317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Nevada) Taxidea taxus (93291)