Taxidea taxus (carnivore)

Mass: 7.0 kg based on Moore et al. 2013 and Sargeant and Warner 1972

Diet: carnivore based on Sargeant and Warner 1972 and Azevedo et al. 2006

Abundance: 0.02 to 17.05% (median 0.24%)

Latitudinal range: 19.4° to 46.6°

Habitats: (17), desert/xeric shrubland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

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Found in 21 samples

Mexico: Huasabas-Sahuaripa Region, El Zurdo (Holocene), Cerro Portezuelo (Holocene)

United States: North of the Michigamme Reservoir, Zesch Cave (Late Pleistocene), Welsh Cave (Late Pleistocene), Silver Creek (Late Pleistocene), Papago Springs Cave (Late Pleistocene), Haystack Cave (upper levels) (Pleistocene - Holocene), CA-SLO-585 (Locus 6A, Late Holocene) (Holocene), Hulme Site (Holocene), Baker Village (Holocene), Schuiling Cave (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C2) (Late Pleistocene), Eleventh Hour Site (Room 7, Layer 2) (Holocene), Nugget Canyon, Mojave Desert, Marmes Rockshelter (A6-16 horizon) (Late Pleistocene), Cumberland Cave (Middle Pleistocene), Slaton Quarry (Middle Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass6500 kgN = 1Moore et al. 2013
♀ body mass5700 kgN = 1Moore et al. 2013
♀ body mass7200 kgN = 1Moore et al. 2013
♀ body mass5216 kgN = 1Sargeant and Warner 1972
♂ body mass11700 kgN = 1Moore et al. 2013
♂ body mass6500 kgN = 1Moore et al. 2013
♂ body mass8000 kgN = 1Moore et al. 2013

See also Taxidea