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adult badger comparison table
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adult badgerAugust and September but implantation of the embryo is delayed until mid-February  badger ground squirrels, pocket gophers, prairie dogs, kangaroo rats, pocket mouse, voles, birds, snails, insects  its front clawsstout body, flattened dorso-ventrallygrizzled back with creamy or white belly, brown legs, black feet, white and black faceexcavating burrows of its prey  European badger
adult female badgerAugust and September but implantation of the embryo is delayed until mid-February4live babiesfemale mammal ground squirrels, pocket gophers, prairie dogs, kangaroo rats, pocket mouse, voles, birds, snails, insectslate April to mid-May its front claws grizzled back with creamy or white belly, brown legs, black feet, white and black faceexcavating burrows of its preybabiesher babies until they are two thirds grownEuropean badger
adult male badgerAugust and September but implantation of the embryo is delayed until mid-February  male mammal3.6-7.71 kgground squirrels, pocket gophers, prairie dogs, kangaroo rats, pocket mouse, voles, birds, snails, insects 77.5-84.5 cmits front claws grizzled back with creamy or white belly, brown legs, black feet, white and black faceexcavating burrows of its prey  European badger

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