European badger - Wikipedia
The European badger is a powerfully built, black, white, brown, and grey animal with a small head, a stocky body, small black eyes, and a short tail. Its weight varies, being 7–13 kg (15–29 lb) (15–29 lb) in spring, but building up to 15–17 kg (33–37 lb) in …
Badger - Wikipedia
Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united by their squat bodies and adaptions for fossorial activity. All belong to the caniform suborder of carnivoran mammals.
European badger - The Wildlife Trusts
Badgers are the UK’s largest land predator and are one of the most well-known British species. They are famed for their black and white stripes and sturdy body, using their strong front paws to dig for food and to perfect their hobbit-like burrows, called ‘setts’.
Badger (Meles meles) - British Mammals - Woodland Trust
Common name: badger. Scientific name: Meles meles. Family: Mustelidae. Habitat: broadleaved woodland, farmland, towns and gardens. Diet: worms, invertebrates, small mammals, fruit. Predators: adults have no predators; cubs sometimes …
About UK Badgers and their fascinating lives - Badger Trust
Badgers are short, stout, powerful animals that live in underground 'setts' that can extend well over 50 metres long! Members of the mustelid family (which includes pine martens, otters, polecats, ferrets and the wolverine), the European badgers' range extends from Britain, across Europe and to the middle east.
European Badger - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures ... - Animalia
The European badger (Meles meles) is a mustelid native to almost all of Europe. It has a wide range and a large stable population size and is thought to be increasing in some regions. In Europe, where no other badger species commonly occurs, it is generally just called the "badger".
10 European Badger Facts - Fact Animal
The European badger is a species of badger in the Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, otters, and wolverines. They live in stable populations across Europe, West and Central Asia. European Badger Facts Overview