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European Badger

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ID 709287 Last modified 30.12.2004
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European badger
European Badger
Eurasian Badger
  • Euraasia metsades ja steppides, peamiselt künklikel maastikel levinud suur jässakas kärplane
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    • Keha talbjas, pea poole ahenev, tüvepikkus kuni 90 cm, sabapikkus kuni 20 cm, mass 15–30 kg, lühikestel jalgadel pikad tugevad küünised. Karvastik karm, pikk ja tihe, pea vöödiline.
  • a species of badger in the family Mustelidae native to Europe and West Asia and parts of Central Asia
mäger
European badger
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  • The European badger (Meles meles) is omnivorous, consuming earthworms, insects, small mammals, birds and their eggs, and also fruits and nuts. It is grayish, with large black-and-white facial stripes. It is 30 cm tall and 56–81 cm long, excluding the 12–20-cm tail, and weighs 8–10 kg or more.
European Badger
Eurasian Badger
Eurasian badger
Meles meles
mäyrä

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