Corn spurry vs North American Badger

Spergula arvensis compared with Taxidea taxus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Corn spurry North American Badger
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales) Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family Caryophyllaceae Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus Spergula Taxidea
Species Spergula arvensis Taxidea taxus

Conservation Status

Corn spurry

LC — Least Concern

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Corn spurry North American Badger
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Corn spurry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

North American Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Corn spurry

No description available.

North American Badger

No description available.

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