the european badger (meles meles). criteria food interesting facts badger‘s burrow spreading card...
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The European badger(Meles meles)
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criteria
food
interesting facts
badger‘s burrow
spreading
Card of burrow
reproduction
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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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