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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.
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 ...
A sett or set is a badger's den. It usually consists of a network of tunnels and numerous entrances. The largest setts are spacious enough to accommodate 15 or more animals with up to 300 metres (1,000 ft) of tunnels and as many as 40 openings. Such elaborate setts with extensive tunneling take many years for badgers to complete. [1]
European badger. Family: Canidae (dogs) Red fox, Vulpes vulpes LC [50] Family: Mustelidae (weasels, badgers, and kin) Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra NT [51] European pine marten, Martes martes LC [52] European badger, Meles meles LC [53] Stoat, Mustela erminea LC, [54] Least weasel, Mustela nivalis LC [55] European polecat, Mustela putorius LC [56]
European badgers can be infected and transmit the disease to cattle, thereby posing a risk to the human food chain. Culling is used in parts of the UK to reduce the number of badgers and thereby reduce the incidence and spread of bTB that might infect humans. BTB spreads through exhalations and excretions of infected individuals.
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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 ...
There is an ongoing debate in England about whether badgers should be culled or vaccinated in order to reduce the spread of bovine tuberculosis. In the absence of the extinct wolf and brown bear , the largest carnivore is the red fox , the adaptability and opportunism of which has allowed it to proliferate in the urban environment.