🦡Eurasian badger
Grævling (Meles meles) er et kraftigt bygget rovdyr af mårfamilien, som er udbredt over hele Eurasien. Grævlingen var Danmarks største landrovdyr, til ulven gjorde sit indtog i 2012. Grævlingen lever i Danmark undtagen på Bornholm og enkelte mindre øer. Den er mest talrig i Østjylland. Der anslås at leve 30.000-40.000 grævlinger i Danmark (1995). Grævlingen er let at kende med sin karakteristiske hvide stribe over hovedet og kraftige bygning. Grævlingen går ikke i hi, men kan sove flere dage i træk. Grævlingen måler 60-70 centimeter, hvortil kommer den 15-20 centimeter lange hale. Grævlingen kan veje op til 20 kilo. Grævlingen spiser både bær og mindre dyr, men foretrækker regnorme og muldvarpe.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 12 kg
- Body length
- 0.8 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 19 years
Everything we know about the Eurasian badger
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass12 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 13 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.8 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass54 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan19 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length5.92 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.2 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation49 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.2 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density26 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l12 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Eurasian badger yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyMustelidae
- ›genusMeles
- ›speciesMeles meles
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- subfamilyMelinae
- genusMeles
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyMustelidae
- subfamilyMelinae
- genusMeles
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