Taxidea taxus

(von Schreber, 1778)

American Badger

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Taxidiinae
Genus : Taxidea

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1778. Nachtrag zum 26. Hefte. Pp. 457–590 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Dritter Theil. Walther, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42529297

Original name as described

Ursus Taxus

Type locality

Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(WA,OR,ID,CA,NV,MT,WY,ND,SD,UT,CO,AZ,NM,TX,OK,KS,NE,MN,WI,MI,IA,IN,IL,OH,AR,MO,WV,PA,NY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005880

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Taxidea taxus papagoensis

Skinner, 1942

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

papagoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH F:AM 42799

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

166

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea americana infusca

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

infusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.1.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3ac934ff-fe76-4515-bfe9-505b9a1b6ab3 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45d2486b-7b8c-4469-aabd-57749594b72d

Authority page

899

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus phippsi

Figgins, 1918

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

phippsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

DMNS:Mamm:939

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/DMNS:Mamm:939

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Colorado Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus kansensis

Schantz, 1950

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

kansensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:21989

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=90f56ccb-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

346

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Melesium pratense

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pratensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

436

Authority page URI

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106435274&seq=438

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Taxidea taxus littoralis

Schantz, 1949

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:116763

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30c701f90-25c2-43aa-9a54-b57968adb9b3

Authority page

301

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus jacksoni

Schantz, 1946

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

jacksoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:117315

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37c76d2d5-8da0-45f5-9cfa-e72d2b157330

Authority page

431

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Taxidea berlandieri

S. F. Baird, 1857

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

berlandieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:1710

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dd753a21-13d8-46c8-9d72-810f8be8604d

Authority page

205

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487757

Authority publication

Washington

Taxidea taxus merriami

Schantz, 1950

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:188609

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3732f72ef-69a0-45c4-9c3e-61829e6b124a

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39703846

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus apache

Schantz, 1948

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

apache

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:20747 (= USNM:MAMM:A35880)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d337d151-1644-4376-a763-f3039f0b66fa

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34498615

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus montana

Schantz, 1950

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

montana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:214912

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37be7e5da-82cd-4cf5-a292-246e4fdb89ed

Authority page

90

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus dacotensis

Schantz, 1946

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

dacotensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:223233

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34e757af3-d32f-42f4-b338-49452db2ec6e

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566227

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus iowae

Schantz, 1947

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

iowae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:275169

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3018ac25a-6bb8-4684-a849-8070421ce3f2

Authority page

287

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus hallorani

Schantz, 1949

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

hallorani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:275196

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34ca6f105-dfdd-49ad-bdfb-3533e5ef044b

Authority page

302

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus nevadensis

Schantz, 1949

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:276077

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fc9c2e72-9208-425f-ab79-7f70c94dbbf3

Authority page

304

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus halli

Schantz, 1951

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

halli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

USNM:MAMM:276077

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fc9c2e72-9208-425f-ab79-7f70c94dbbf3

Authority page

127

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea americana neglecta

Mearns, 1891

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

neglecta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:3835 (= USNM:MAMM:A4196)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35484d09c-25e6-4f98-8c6f-507fc8d2ddfc

Authority page

250

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus sonoriensis

E. A. Goldman, 1939

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sonoriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:96211

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/390106c91-f0a7-4f6c-8e48-f30bdbc597fb

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39699712

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea robusta

Hay, 1921

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

robusta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:V:10208

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/318ff8acb-a5af-4e7c-a09c-842a0e3015df

Authority page

631

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7563386

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea marylandica

Gidley & Gazin, 1933

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

marylandica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:V:7990

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34d1a211d-0bc9-4e21-8f65-f14fec5ea483

Authority page

352

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Meles labradoria

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

labradoria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

xi

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Godman (1826:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)
  3. Fischer (1829:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Taxidia Labradoria

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

labradoria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

210

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Taxidea Labradorica

Lesson, 1842

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

labradorica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

79

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Taxidea americana

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

americana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497072

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  2. True (1885:609, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Taxidea americana americana

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

americana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

609

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306403

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:609, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Taxidea americana Berlandieri

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

berlandieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

609

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306403

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:609, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Taxidea taxus

J. A. Allen, 1896

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

taxus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

258

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1896:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  2. Bailey (1936:305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  3. Orr (1949:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41663/45215410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taxidea taxus neglecta

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

neglecta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

305

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806234

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Taxidea taxus berlandieri

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

berlandieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Taxidea taxus jeffersonii

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

jeffersonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Taxidea taxus marylandica

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

marylandica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea taxus taxus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

taxus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Ursus Taxus

(von Schreber, 1778)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

taxus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

589

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42529297

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Meles Taxus β. Americanus

(P. Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

americana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230044

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ursus Meles alba

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

alba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751322

Authority publication

Leipzig

Ursus labradorius

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

labradoria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751322

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Meles jeffersonii

(Harlan, 1825)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

jeffersonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

309

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3194361

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Meles Labradorica

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

labradorica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207609

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Gloger (1841:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13515367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59951)

Meles montanus

(J. Richardson, 1829)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

montana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984531

Authority publication

London

Taxidea americana Var. Californica

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

californica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497072

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Taxidea sulcata

Cope, 1878

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sulcata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37041341

Authority publication

Paleontological Bulletin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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