The European badger(Meles meles)

criteria

food

interesting facts

badger‘s burrow

spreading

Card of burrow

reproduction

Order: beasts of prey

Main family: canidea

family: marten

subfamiles: badgers

genus: Meles

Species: badger

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90 cm

weight: 15 - 20 kg

30 cm

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Badgers live in our region especially in deciduous forest and mixed forests in bigger Gardens and parks but also in the city

Asia

Russia

China

Almost the whole of Europe

Japan

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birds

They eat both animal and vegetable fase

radix

seeds

mushrooms

worms

insects

fruitsnails

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independent at theage of half a year

gestation period7-8 months

Litter:1-6 cubs

Pubesclut atthe age of

1 year

main pairing timeJuly, August

Birth:February or March

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Badgers in front of thiere

burrow

•average depth: 5m to 30m

•many Corrodors to thr surface becauseof air supply

•padding with moss, bracken and leaves

•Usage over severtal centuries!

In England a badgers burrow with a lenght of 879 meters was descorvered!

It contained 50 chambers ans 178 corridors connected with each other!

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• Burrow near Göttingen ;extension 60 x 40 m

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