#0150 · 🦊 mammals
Asian Badger
🇳🇱 Aziatische Das ·Meles leucurus
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- 1. © Алина Урусова · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © David Blank · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © David Blank · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © David Blank · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © 茶棚 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © alekseyfaraway · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Pavel Vlasenko · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Денис К · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Алина Урусова · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Алина Урусова · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Asian badger ( Meles leucurus ), also known as the sand badger is a species of badger native to Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, the Korean Peninsula and Russia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,027 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1847 (179 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Asian Badger
- Nederlands
- Aziatische Das
- scientific name
- Meles leucurus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Mustelidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 129
- sightings worldwide
- 1,027
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1847 by Brian Houghton Hodgson
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Mustelidae
#0017 📷 10European Badger
🇳🇱 Das
Meles meles
LC 👀 156 in NL
#0020 📷 7Stone Marten
🇳🇱 Steenmarter
Martes foina
LC 👀 111 in NL
#0022 📷 8European Polecat
🇳🇱 Bunzing
Mustela putorius
LC 👀 64 in NL
#0027 📷 10Least Weasel
🇳🇱 Wezel
Mustela nivalis
LC 👀 51 in NL
#0029 📷 10Eurasian Pine Marten
🇳🇱 Boommarter
Martes martes
LC 👀 37 in NL
#0032 📷 10Eurasian Otter
🇳🇱 Europese Otter
Lutra lutra
NT 👀 28 in NL
#0034 📷 10Eurasian Stoat
🇳🇱 Hermelijn
Mustela erminea
LC 👀 25 in NL
#0061 📷 8American Mink
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Nerts
Neogale vison
LC 👀 2 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 74558, Wikidata Q728454, GBIF 2433868, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.