Marsh fleabane vs North American Badger

Pluchea carolinensis compared with Taxidea taxus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Marsh fleabane	North American Badger
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Pluchea	Taxidea
Species	Pluchea carolinensis	Taxidea taxus

Conservation Status

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Marsh fleabane	North American Badger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

North American Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.