European badger

Meles meles · Mustelidae

The European badger, also known as the Eurasian badger, is a species of badger in the family Mustelidae native to Europe and West Asia and parts of Central Asia. It is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide range and large, stable population size which is thought to be increasing in some regions. Several subspecies are recognised, with the nominate subspecies predominating in most of Europe.

Where the European badger lives

Recorded in France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium and Sweden (Europe).

Most records fall in Limburg, Gelderland, Noord-Brabant, Baden-Württemberg, Bromley and Västra Götaland.

See the European badger’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 495,766 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.