Species
Uroctonus mordax (Western forest scorpion)
Uroctonus mordax. Photo: (c) Marshal Hedin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Uroctonus mordax, known generally as the California forest scorpion or western forest scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the family Vaejovidae.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Order: Scorpiones (Scorpions)
- Suborder: Neoscorpionina
- Infraorder: Orthosterni
- Parvorder: Iurida
- Superfamily: Vaejovoidea
- Family: Vaejovidae (Devil scorpions)
- Subfamily: Vaejovinae
- Genus: Uroctonus (Forest scorpions)
- Species: Uroctonus mordax (Western forest scorpion)
- Genus: Uroctonus (Forest scorpions)
- Subfamily: Vaejovinae
- Family: Vaejovidae (Devil scorpions)
- Superfamily: Vaejovoidea
- Parvorder: Iurida
- Infraorder: Orthosterni
- Suborder: Neoscorpionina
- Order: Scorpiones (Scorpions)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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