File:Eurasian badger hole - DPLA - 1274b6110e28a8267332b10666467bdb.jpg

Size of this preview: 800 × 537 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 215 pixels | 640 × 430 pixels | 1,024 × 687 pixels | 1,280 × 859 pixels | 1,576 × 1,058 pixels.

Original file ‎(1,576 × 1,058 pixels, file size: 739 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

English

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

Eurasian badger hole (

)

Creator

Garst, Warren, 1922-2016, photographer

Title

Eurasian badger hole

Description

35 mm slide; color. Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Mustelidae; Genus: Meles; Genus species: Meles meles. Animal characteristics: Head-Body Length: 56-81 cm; Weight: 12 kg; Identification: The Eurasian badger has grayish-black upper parts, black undersides including legs and feet, and a white head and ear tips. The badger also has a black facial stripe; Habitat: Forests, grasslands; Diet: Omnivore: earthworms, small animals, bulbs, fruit, nuts; Reproduction: After mating in February-October, implantation of the fertilized egg is delayed by 3-9 months. Two to four young are born the following spring. Eurasian badgers live up to 25 years old in captivity; Social Structure: A family group of up to 12 individuals may live in a network of burrows, called setts. When traveling, however, badgers do so alone; Behavior: Eurasian badgers are nocturnal and playful creatures; Status: No special status.

Date

1974 July

Collection

Colorado State University Libraries
Parent institution	Colorado State University
Authority file	: Q110673471

Source/Photographer

This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Colorado State University Libraries as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Plains to Peaks Collective.

Record in source catalog
DPLA identifier: 1274b6110e28a8267332b10666467bdb

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

You are free:

to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix – to adapt the work

Under the following conditions:

attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.