Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777)

American Badger

Taxidea taxus is primarily distributed throughout western and central Oklahoma but also has been documented in eastern counties. Caire et al. (1989) reported specimen records from 32 counties and observations from three counties. Tumlison and Bastarache (2007) reported a new specimen record from McCurtain County and two observations of roadkill from Atoka and Le Flore counties. A new specimen record is reported for Okfuskee County .

Specimen records (1). —Okfuskee County (1): 8 km N Paden, E of N3620 Rd and Deer Creek Rd, 1 (UCOCV-MAM 7380).