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Taxidea taxus
Badger
Badlands National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Badger
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Subclass Theria, Order Carnivora, Suborder Caniformia, Family Mustelidae, Genus Taxidea, Species Taxidea taxus


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		SD: S5
Evidence:		27 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 7 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Amistad National Recreation Area
Arches National Park	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Bandelier National Monument	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Big Bend National Park	Big Hole National Battlefield
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Bryce Canyon National Park
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park	Capulin Volcano National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Cedar Breaks National Monument	Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chiricahua National Monument	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colorado National Monument	Coronado National Memorial
Crater Lake National Park	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Death Valley National Park
Devils Tower National Monument	Dinosaur National Monument
Effigy Mounds National Monument	El Malpais National Monument
El Morro National Monument	Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Union National Monument	Fossil Butte National Monument
George Washington Carver National Monument	Glacier National Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Golden Spike National Historical Park	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Teton National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Basin National Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Homestead National Historical Park
Hovenweep National Monument	Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Park	John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Joshua Tree National Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lava Beds National Monument
Mesa Verde National Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Mojave National Preserve
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Natural Bridges National Monument
Navajo National Monument	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Niobrara National Scenic River	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Padre Island National Seashore
Parashant National Monument	Petrified Forest National Park
Petroglyph National Monument	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pinnacles National Park	Pipe Spring National Monument
Pipestone National Monument	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Rocky Mountain National Park
Saguaro National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Tonto National Monument	Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tuzigoot National Monument	Valles Caldera National Preserve
Voyageurs National Park	Walnut Canyon National Monument
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	White Sands National Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wind Cave National Park	Wupatki National Monument
Yellowstone National Park	Yosemite National Park
Yucca House National Monument	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	8/18/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/5/2025 5:28:58 AM

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