Asian Badger vs Elephant Apple

Meles leucurus compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian Badger	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Meles	Dillenia
Species	Meles leucurus	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Asian Badger

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian Badger	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

Asian Badger

Asian badger (Meles leucurus) is a species in the genus Meles. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.