Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 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).