. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . from any car-nivorous beast that dwells in the same region. Badgers hibernate inhigh latitudes. Subfam. I. (|uadrate posterior upper molar; molars in jaws unecjual. 9(». Tax idea. Badgers. :J; c.^; P.^^; = 32. 3-3 i-i 3—3 i-i -> Taxidea Waterh., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1838, p. 154. Type Mclcslabradoria Gmelin. Body stout, strong, depressed; tail short; upper carnassial longestin proportion to other teeth, upper molar triangular, the apex turnedbackward; fore claws very large, strong; skull wedge-shaped, wid
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . from any car-nivorous beast that dwells in the same region. Badgers hibernate inhigh latitudes. Subfam. I. (|uadrate posterior upper molar; molars in jaws unecjual. 9(». Tax idea. Badgers. :J; c.^; P.^^; = 32. 3-3 i-i 3—3 i-i -> Taxidea Waterh., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1838, p. 154. Type Mclcslabradoria Gmelin. Body stout, strong, depressed; tail short; upper carnassial longestin proportion to other teeth, upper molar triangular, the apex turnedbackward; fore claws very large, strong; skull wedge-shaped, widestposteriorly; limbs short, feet suV)-plantigrade; anal glands two; sub-caudal ])ouch surrounded by a racemose gland. KEY TO THE SUBSPECIES. A. White median stripe from nose to tail. a. Black interramial spot; under parts of body p.\ge buff T. t. bcrlandicri 503 1). No interramial spot; under parts of body tawny white T. i. iiifusca 505 herldntJieri {Taxidea), Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., 1857, ]). , Syn. N. Am. Mamm., igoi, p. 321. 604 Fig 93. Taxidea t. berlandieri. No. 6S7g Field Coluni bian Mus. Coll. , nat. size. Berlandihrs Taxou, Tctou, m Uexico. Type hcaliiv. Llano Estacado. Texas, near Mexican border. Gcogr- r^i-^- State of Tamaulipas. Mexico, north to lexas. Okla-hcnna Territory, Arizona, and New Mexico. (A-n/ C7,a;-. A conspicuous white stripe from nose along theentire upper part of bodv to the tail; black mterramial spot. Color Reddish grav; blackish brown on head, and the samecolor on neck and back along the median white stripe, the hairstipped with white, giving this part a grizzled appearance; cheeks TAXIDEA. 505 sk ? MA y
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