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Paraceras melis, the badger flea, is an external parasite of the European badger (Meles meles). It has also been found on the fox ( Vulpes vulpes ), the dog ( Canis familiaris ), the cat ( Felis catus ), the European polecat ( Mustela putorius ), the mole ( Talpa europaea ) and the fallow deer ( Dama dama ).
A member of the South Shropshire Hunt who admitted interfering with a badger sett has been fined £845. David Conde, 61, from Condover, had pleaded guilty to the offence at a hearing at Telford ...
The American badger is a member of the Mustelidae, a diverse family of carnivorous mammals that also includes weasels, otters, ferrets, and the wolverine. [4] The American badger belongs to the Taxidiinae, one of four subfamilies of mustelid badgers – the other three being the Melinae (four species in two genera, including the European badger), the Helictidinae (five species of ferret ...
European badger. Badgers are medium-sized short-legged omnivores in the superfamily Musteloidea.Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united by their squat bodies and adaptions for fossorial activity rather than by their ancestral relationships: Musteloidea contains several families, only two of which (the "weasel family" Mustelidae and the "skunk family ...
This honey badger is part of a group of the animals living in captivity in Ohio. In the wild, honey badgers live alone and have enormous ranges whose territory is marked with their stinky anal glands.
You've finally bought a little patch of Mother Earth that you can call your own. Then you discover your neighbor is encroaching. Perhaps his fence is two feet over the property line, or the dying ...
The genus Meles was erected by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1762 after Carl Linnaeus had described the Eurasian badger Meles meles in 1758. This animal had a very extensive range over most of temperate Europe and Asia and there has been much discussion as to whether it is a single or three distinct species.
Mellivora is a genus of mustelids that contains the honey badger or ratel (Mellivora capensis). It is also the sole living representative of the subfamily Mellivorinae. Additionally, two extinct species are known. The honey badger is native to much of Africa and South Asia, while fossil relatives occurred in those areas and Southern Europe.