Is badger a protected animal?

Badger, also known as dog badger, is a common mammal in Europe and parts of Asia. It lives in barren mountains, jungles, hills and other places. Is badger a protected animal?

Is badger a protected animal?

Badgers are protected animals, but municipal protected animals, not state protected animals. At present, there are dog badgers, honey badgers, pig badgers, wolverines and weasel badgers. Among them, pig badger is a national third-class protected animal, dog badger is a second-class protected animal, hunting and killing is illegal!

What are the kinds of badgers?

1. Dog badger

Dog badger, also known as badger, badger and badger. The head is flat, the nose tip, the ear is short, the neck is short, the tail is short, the limbs are short and stout, the claws are strong and suitable for digging, often live in the hole, the back hair is hard and dense, the base is white, the near end is dark brown, the hair tip is white, and there are more white hairs on the side of the body. The lower jaw, throat and abdomen as well as limbs are brownish black. Live in bushes in jungles, barren mountains, streams and lakes, hillsides and hills. Like to live in groups, good at digging holes. I have a mixed diet.

2. Honey badger

Honey badgers are 60-77 cm in length and 25-30 cm in shoulder height. The back is gray. Its fur is loose and rough and is not afraid of bee stings and snake bites. Living shallowly in various types of zones-rainforests, open grasslands and even the waterside-is active at dusk and at night, often alone or in pairs. Rest in the cave during the day. Omnivorous, eating all kinds of food, including small mammals, birds, reptiles, ants, carrion, wild fruits, berries, nuts, and even venomous snakes such as cobras and Momba snakes, but their favorite food is honey.

3. Pig badger

The pig badger is the size of a dog badger, the whole body is light brown or black brown, the throat and tail are white, there is a white longitudinal pattern from the tip of the nose to the back of the neck, living from the plain to the mountains more than 3000 meters above sea level, living in caves similar to dog badgers, living in caves or digging caves, ferocious sex, sound like pigs, poor vision, developed sense of smell, nocturnal, miscellaneous eating habits, especially like eating animal food Including earthworms, frogs, lizards, Loach, Monopterus Albus, mole cricket, longicorn beetles and rodents, as well as plant food, sometimes stealing crops such as corn, wheat, sweet potatoes and peanuts.

4. Wolverine

Wolverines are also called bears, flying bears, ferrets, etc., probably because they are as cruel as wolves and have badger-like bodies, hence their names. In fact, wolverines belong to the weasel family, mainly brown, which looks like a small brown bear from a distance. Gluttonous by nature and mixed with food, they like to eat the carcass of large beasts or steal the prey of hunters, including the females and young of large herbivores such as reindeer and red deer. They also catch foxes, wild cats, beetles, otters, grouse, hazel pheasants, rodents, etc., and also eat mushrooms, pine seeds or all kinds of berries, especially honey.

5. Weasel badger

The weasel badger, also known as Zi Zi, Mountain Badger, White Badger, etc., has a thick and short neck, short round and erect ear shells, small eyes, large variation in coat color, grayish brown or yellowish brown on the back, dark purplish gray to tan, and pale white, yellowish white, cinnamon to apricot on the abdomen. Nocturnal, burrowing, slow movement, omnivorous, seasonal activity changes obviously, reproduce once a year, each birth gives birth to 2 to 4 young, living in valleys, valleys, hills and mountain forests, thickets and grasses, distributed in China, India, Laos people's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Vietnam.