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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.
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 ...
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.
They are found on all continents except Antarctica and Australia, and are a diverse family; sizes range, including tails, from the widespread 17 cm (7 in) least weasel to the 1.8-meter (6 ft) giant otter of Amazonian South America. Habitats vary widely as well, from the arboreal marten to the fossorial European badger to the marine sea otter.
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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 ...
The hatching of the 107th tiny, wriggling snake at a Tennessee zoo marks the end of another year of efforts to save one of North America’s rarest snakes from extinction.
Europe, North Africa and Northern Asia North America Southern Asia (non-native) New Zealand (non-native) Mustela richardsonii Bonaparte, 1838: American ermine: Most of North America south of Alaska and the Arctic Circle; eastern Nunavut and Baffin Island Lutreola: Mustela itatsi Temminck, 1844: Japanese weasel: Japan and formerly Sakhalin ...