North American Badger vs Wire With

Taxidea taxus compared with Desmodium axillare

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	North American Badger	Wire With
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)	Fabaceae
Genus	Taxidea	Desmodium
Species	Taxidea taxus	Desmodium axillare

Conservation Status

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Wire With

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	North American Badger	Wire With
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

North American Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wire With

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.