#0292 · 🦊 mammals
American Badger
🇳🇱 Zilverdas ·Taxidea taxus
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what is it?
The American badger ( Taxidea taxus ) is a North American badger, somewhat similar in appearance to the European badger. It is found in the western and central United States, northern Mexico, and south-central Canada to certain areas of southwestern British Columbia.
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.
- 7,724 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1777 (249 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- American Badger
- Nederlands
- Zilverdas
- scientific name
- Taxidea taxus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Mustelidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 7,724
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1777 by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber
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 41789, Wikidata Q232129, GBIF 2434102, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.