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Taxidea taxus
American badger, badger
Saguaro National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

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

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


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		AZ: S3S4
Evidence:		2 Observations, 6 Vouchers, 1 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
Badlands National Park	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	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:	3/27/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/5/2025 10:52:58 AM

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