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Type Locality. — Near Clarion, Wright County, Iowa. Range. — Known from 

 Iowa only. 



Taxidea taxus dacotensis Schantzf * 



1946. Taxidea taxus dacotensis Schantz, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 59, 

 p. 81, June 19, 1946. 



Type Locality. — Folsom, Custer County, S. Dak. Range. — Badlands region of 

 western South Dakota. 



Taxidea taxus montana Schantzf* 



1950. Taxidea taxus montana Schantz, Journ. Maram., vol. 31, No. 1, p. 90, 

 Feb. 21, 1950. 



Type Locality. — Thirty five miles south of Dillon, Beaverhead County, Mont. 

 Range. — Montana, excepting an extreme western portion; Wyoming, excepting 

 an extreme western portion; Colorado, excepting a southwestern portion; eastern 

 Utah, west to approximately long. 100 °25' W. 



Taxidea taxus merriami Schantzf* 



1950. Taxidea taxus merriami Schantz, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 40, 

 No. 3, p. 92, Mar. 21, 1950. 



Type Locality. — Banner, Trego County, Kan. Range. — Kansas, approximately 

 between long. 97° and 101° W., except for a dip south to Hill City (22 miles east) , 

 Graham County. 



Taxidea taxus kansensis Schantz* 



1950. Taxidea taxus kansensis Schantz, Journ. Mamm., vol. 31, No. 3, p. 346, 

 Aug. 21, 1950. 



Type Locality. — Four miles southeast of McLouth, Leavenworth County, Kan. 

 Range. — Eastern Kansas, east of long. 97° W. 



Taxidea taxus berlandieri Bairdf * 



1858. Taxidea berlandieri Baird, Mammals, in Rep. Expl. Surv. Railr. to 



Pacific, vol. 8, pt. 1 (Washington, 1857), p. 205, July 14, 1858. 

 1884. Taxidea americana berlandieri True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 ( App., 



Circ. 29) , p. 609, Nov. 29, 1884. 

 1895. Taxidea taxus berlandieri J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 



7, p. 256, June 29, 1895. 

 1918. Taxidea taxus phippsi Figgins, Proc. Colorado Mus. Nat. Hist., [vol. 

 2, No. 2, p. 1], April 1918. (Northeast of Chromo, Archuleta County, 

 Colo.) 

 Type Locality. — Llano Estacado, Tex., near border of New Mexico. Range. — 

 Texas, New Mexico, southwestern Colorado, southern and southeastern Utah 

 (Durrant, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 6, p. 428, Aug. 10, 1952), 

 eastern and southern Arizona, northern Baja California; north to Mohave and 

 Colorado Deserts of California; southern limit undetermined. 



Taxidea taxus littoralis Schantzf* 



1949. Taxidea taxus littoralis Schantz, Journ. Mamm., vol. 30, No. 3, p. 301, 

 Aug. 17, 1949. 



Type Locality. — Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex. Range. — Coastal area 

 of Texas from Corpus Christi southward along Gulf coast and inland to Coahuila, 

 Mexico. 



