Mammal
American Badger
Taxidea taxus
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Common Names
North American Badger
Habitat
Fort Clatsop
Conservation
Apparently secure
First Observed
1805-07-25
Observed At
Great Plains of the Columbia and Missouri River regions
A plains animal, the badger was unknown in the East. Collections on Missouri and Columbia (T.t. jeffersoni) were noted.
Journal References
2 journal entries mention American Badger
Feb
26
1806
Lewis: February 26, 1806
...an animal of
the civit genus and much resembles the common badger. this is an
inhabitant of the open plains of the Columbia as they are of those of the
Missouri bu...
Feb
27
1806
Clark: February 27, 1806
...an animal of the Civit genus
and much resembles the common badger. this is an enhabitent of the open
plains of the Columbia as they are of those of the Missouri, bu...
