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Chamitataxus is a prehistoric badger genus. Chamitataxus avitus is the only known species of the genus. [1] Chamitataxus lived during the Late Miocene, around 6 million years ago in what is now North America. Out of the three taxideine badger genera to have existed on the continent, Chamitataxus is the most primitive.
A male European badger is a boar, a female is a sow, and a young badger is a cub. However, in North America the young are usually called kits, while the terms male and female are generally used for adults. A collective name suggested for a group of colonial badgers is a cete, [10] but badger colonies are more often called clans. A badger's home ...
The European badger (Meles meles), also known as the Eurasian badger, is a badger species in the family Mustelidae native to Europe and West Asia and parts of Central Asia.It is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List, as it has a wide range and a large, stable population size which is thought to be increasing in some regions.
North America A transitional form between steppe bison and modern American bison whose more recent remains date to the early Holocene of Valsequillo basin in Puebla, Mexico. However the direct dating to 5271-5131 BCE is not calibrated and the remains could be older. [50] Other remains in North America have been dated to 8640-8500 BCE. [4 ...
The Gray Fossil Site is an Early Pliocene assemblage of fossils dating between 4.5 and 4.9 million years old, located near the community of Gray in Washington County, Tennessee. The site was discovered during road construction on Tennessee State Route 75 by the Tennessee Department of Transportation in May 2000, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] after which local ...
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 ...
Researchers are learning more about ancient central European society thanks to stones from thousands of years ago.. A team of international scientists analyzed markings made on more than 400 stone ...
North Central Europe and the British Isles to Crimea and the Middle Urals Most recent remains in north Central Europe are dated to 8750 BCE. [ 2 ] However, remains have been dated to the late Holocene in Ukraine, and one account describes a large, previously unidentified, "red-cheeked" ground squirrel from the early 20th century of the ...