The dog badger is a national level of protection
The wild dog badger is a national second-class protected animal. Badger, also called dog badger, Eurasian badger, is a mammal distributed in most parts of Europe and Asia, belonging to the carnivorous order Weaselidae. Badgers are listed separately in the genus Badger, *** there are five subspecies. Typically badgers have gray fur with a black underbelly, black and white stripes on the face, and white ear ends. They mainly eat earthworms, but also eat insects, beetles and small mammals.
What is the difference between the dog badger and the hog badger
1, the appearance of different
The dog badger is larger, fat, thick and short neck, short and healthy limbs, short tail, the back of the body brown mixed with white or creamy yellow, the inner limbs of black brown or light brown. The hog badger body stout, short limbs, head big neck thick, ear small eyes are small, tail short, its entire body presents black and white color mix, dorsal hair black-brown, chest, abdominal sides of the same color as the dorsal color, the middle of the black-brown, limbs with the same color as the abdominal color, tail hair long, white.
2, the distribution of different
The dog badger is mainly distributed in China, Croatia, the Czech Republic **** and the country, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran Islamic **** and the country, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia and other countries. And hog badgers are mainly distributed in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic **** and country, Mongolia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, etc., in China throughout the provinces and districts.
3, the family is different
The dog badger belongs to the weasel family - badger subfamily - badger genus, while the hog badger belongs to the weasel family - badger subfamily - hog badger genus.