The meat of wild badgers is not edible. Wild dogs and badgers generally carry viruses. Wild dogs and badgers mainly live in mountains and forests. When people hunt them, they may cause viral infections in the body. Wild dogs and badgers carry rabies virus. When the body Infection with the rabies virus may lead to rabies, which may be life-threatening.

Morphological characteristics of the badger

The badger is an animal of the Weasel family and the genus Badger. Badgers are larger and fatter in the Mustelidae family, with a thick and short neck, short and strong limbs, and a short tail. The back of the body is brown and white or creamy yellow, and the inner sides of the limbs are dark brown or light brown.

Bagers are generally active in spring and autumn. They have a ferocious temperament, hibernate, dig holes, and are omnivorous. They reproduce once a year, with 2 to 5 offspring per litter. They live in a wide range of environments, such as forests, Various habitats such as shrubs, fields, and lakes are distributed in most areas of Eurasia.

The badger is a larger species in the Mustelidae family, weighing about 5 to 10kg, with the largest reaching 15kg. Its body length is between 500 and 700mm. It has a fat body, a long snout and a thick nose. Blunt, cartilaginous nose pads, hair between the nose pads and the upper lip, short round ear shells, and small eyes.

The neck is thick and short, the limbs are short and strong, the toes of the front and rear feet have thick and long black-brown claws, the claws of the front feet are longer than the claws of the hind feet, and the tail is short. There is a gland sac near the anus that can secrete smelly fluid.