American Badger Research Paper

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This weasel became burly and strong, spurned the trees and the water, and decided to gain his living underground. The badger, Taxidea taxus, is short-legged, flat to the ground, with powerful front feet and claws for digging. Unlike the nocturnal English badger, who lives in the woods, the American badger is charac-teristic of plains country, from Mexico north into southwestern Canada, from the Pacific Coast eastward to the Middle West, including parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. To some extent it also ventures into high mountain country and into woodland.
The badger hole, the most prominent sign, is a feature of the western landscape, known to the early riders of the range as a hazard for their saddle horses, …show more content…
A large mound of earth is thrown out, for the tunnel is big and a great deal of earth is moved. There may be many holes in a given area, since the badger seeks food by digging for one ground squirrel or other rodent after another. In prairie dog towns, numerous burrows are enlarged by the badger, who is after these rodents.
Badger tracks, shown herewith, are extremely toed-in, and the long claws of the front feet generally leave marks. Figure 39, c, illustrates a badger trail of a fragmentary nature on hard snow-drift. The stride varies from about 6 to 12 inches, the straddle is about 4 to 7 inches, though the width of the badger trail appears greater in loose snow. The front track is approximately 2 inches wide, the hind track slightly less. Sometimes the hind-foot track is behind that of the front foot, as in Figure 39, b and c, but at other times it is in front.
I have not found the scats prominent, at least to casual observa-tion. Nor have I discovered any outstanding characteristic that would distinguish them readily from those of other carnivores of equal size. Again, one must be alert for accompanying signs that give additional clues, and keep in mind what animals are known to occur in a given
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