| adult female badger | brings food to her babies until they are two thirds grown |  |
| gives birth in late April to mid-May | |
| has average number of babies 4 | |
| is a kind of adult badger | |
| is a kind of female mammal | |
| adult badger | digs with its front claws | |
| eats ground squirrels, pocket gophers, prairie dogs, kangaroo rats, pocket mouse, voles, birds, snails, insects | |
| fights courageously | |
| has breeding season August and September but implantation of the embryo is delayed until mid-February | |
| has colour grizzled back with creamy or white belly, brown legs, black feet, white and black face | |
| hunts by excavating burrows of its prey | |
| is nocturnal | |
| is not agile | |
| is solitary | |
| is smaller than European badger | |
| female mammal | gives birth to live babies | |
| suckles babies | |
| badger | has distribution southern prairies | |
| has habitat open prairies, farmlands, parklands | |
| has name in French blaireau d'Amérique | |
| has scientific name Taxidea taxus | |
| hibernates | |
| is killed by humans | |
| lives in large burrow as long as 30 ft and as deep as 10 ft | |
| mammal | is warm-blooded | |
| may catch rabies | |
| weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae | |
| carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
| is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
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