Badger

BADGER (Taxidea taxus), a member of the WEASEL (Mustelidae) family of mammals, is a medium-sized carnivore inhabiting the GRASSLANDS and open woodlands of the southern Interior. Active mainly at night, it grows to about 80 cm in length and up to 13 kg in weight. The badger has short, powerful legs and large, clawed feet, which it uses to dig burrows for hibernating and raising young, and to capture its prey, which includes ground SQUIRRELS, mice, and INSECTS. Its burrows were important nest...

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