In his novel "Hometown", Mr. Lu Xun once mentioned an animal called a fox, and the original text said: I did not know what this so-called 猹 was at that time--even now I don't know--but I felt like a puppy and very fierce for no reason. In addition, according to the description of the juvenile leaping earth, the monkey is a very clever animal, you go to catch it, it will not turn its head and run away, but will run towards you, and then run away from your crotch when you are panicked.
Badgers look for earthworms
According to the description of the young Yan Tu, the overall characteristics of the monkey are like dogs, fast, clever, and a silky fur like oil. When I was a child, I had countless fantasies about this mysterious animal, and later learned that the so-called monkey is actually a badger. It is a ferret with black-brown or pale brown fur. They inhabit forests, dune meadows, lakes or streams, and occasionally visit the fields of their peasant uncles in order to survive.
Badger mother and son
According to biological classification, the badger belongs to a species of ferret family, and is a distant relative of the famous flathead brother. Although taxonomically, badgers belong to the order Carnivores, they are uncompromising omnivores. In addition to catching small mammals or small prey such as sand lizards and frogs, badgers also eat peanuts, corn, potatoes, and various melon crops. Therefore, badgers used to be a very big threat to agricultural production.
Badgers lurk and hunt
In the early years, badgers were widely distributed in Eurasia, and there were traces of badgers in dozens of countries such as Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, China, Afghanistan, Albania, bulgaria and so on. Especially in China, the distribution range of badgers is particularly wide. From Inner Mongolia, Northeast China, North China to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Guizhou and Gansu provinces, a large number of badgers are active.
Badger's sharp claws
According to the morphological characteristics and different distribution areas, the badger living in China can be roughly divided into six species, namely: the northern Xinjiang subspecies of the badger, the South Asian species of the badger, the southern subspecies of the badger, the Tibetan subspecies of the badger, the northeast subspecies of the badger and the northern subspecies of the badger. The size of these six badgers is not much different, most of them are about 60 cm long, and the larger ones can grow to more than 70 cm. In terms of weight, badgers are similar to flat-headed brothers and are very aggressive, although badgers are not as destructive and resistant as flat-headed brothers.
Badgers with different coat colors
Because of the great destructiveness of badger to agricultural production, this animal was hunted in large numbers by our people in the early years. Their furs were sought-after by predators in the market, with intact leather jackets and broken ones made into collars or mattresses. Even seemingly useless hairs are made into brushes. Therefore, although the badger was still infested at the end of the Republic of China, after entering the 21st century, they have been included in the Red List of Endangered Species in China.
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