🦡Eurasian badger
欧洲狗獾(學名:Meles meles)是食肉目鼬科的一种哺乳动物。本种原被认为广泛分布于欧亚地区古北界的森林和草原。最新研究将亚洲地区的狗獾分为了独立的三个物种:高加索狗獾(Meles canescens)、亚洲狗獾(Meles leucurus)和日本狗獾(Meles anakuma),本种现仅分布于欧洲地区。
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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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- 19 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
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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- 49 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
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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