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 back
90 cm weight: kg 30 cm back
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 back
birds They eat both animal and vegetable fase radix seeds mushrooms worms insects fruitsnails back
independent at the age of half a year gestation period 7-8 months Litter: 1-6 cubs Pubesclut at the age of 1 year main pairing time July, August Birth: February or March back
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! back
Burrow near Göttingen ;extension 60 x 40 m back