Definition of Genus Taxidea

1. Noun. In some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae.

Exact synonyms: Taxidea
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Mustelidae, Mustelidae
Member holonyms: American Badger, Taxidea Taxus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Taxidea

genus Tamiasciurus
genus Tamus
genus Tanacetum
genus Tantilla
genus Tapirus
genus Taraktagenos
genus Taraktogenos
genus Taraxacum
genus Taricha
genus Tarpon
genus Tarrietia
genus Tarsius
genus Taurotragus
genus Tautoga
genus Tautogolabrus
genus Taxidea (current term)
genus Taxodium
genus Taxus
genus Tectaria
genus Tectona
genus Telanthera
genus Tellima
genus Telopea
genus Templetonia
genus Tenrec
genus Tephrosia
genus Terebella
genus Teredo
genus Termes

Literary usage of Genus Taxidea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... the nostrils being inferior. in the nearly-allied genus Taxidea the dental formula is as in Mêles, except tnat the rudimentary anterior premolars appear ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Besides the great size of the claws upon the hand, which are larger relatively than those of any other Carnivore, the genus Taxidea is to be distinguished ..."

3. Fur-bearing Animals: A Monograph of North American Mustelidae, in which an by Elliott Coues (1877)
"The genus Taxidea—Generic characters and comparison with Males—Taxidea americana, the American Badger—Synonymy—Habitat—Specific characters—Description of ..."

4. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Genus TAXIDEA. 262. Taxidea americana (Zimm.). American Badger. Hab. North America. a. Purchased, Jan. 23,1869. See PZS 1869, p. 149. Genus MELES. 263. ..."

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