Species Cards

Badger

Meles meles

Group:

Animal, Mammal

Badger (Meles meles). Erica Bower

© Erica Bower

Badger (Meles meles)

Food chain :

Omnivore

What it eats :

Slugs, snails, beetles, earthworms, hedgehogs, wood mouse, blackberries, crab apples, bluebell bulbs.

Eaten by:

Habitat:

WoodlandWoodland

Description:

A large animal with a grey body and black and white striped face. Badgers live in underground homes called setts. They eat a wide variety of food, including invertebrates, berries and small animals.


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