Badger vs. Beaver

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Main Difference

The main difference between Badger and Beaver is that the Badger is a informal group of mammals, use Q10328397 for Melinae and Beaver is a genus of mammals

  • Badger

    Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae, which also includes the otters, polecats, weasels, and wolverines. They belong to the caniform suborder of carnivoran mammals. The 11 species of badgers are grouped in three subfamilies: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (the honey badger or ratel), and Taxideinae (the American badger). The Asiatic stink badgers of the genus Mydaus were formerly included within Melinae (and thus Mustelidae), but recent genetic evidence indicates these are actually members of the skunk family, placing them in the taxonomic family Mephitidae.

    They include the species in the genera Arctonyx, Meles, Mellivora, Melogale and Taxidea. Badger mandibular condyles connect to long cavities in their skulls, giving resistance to jaw dislocation and increasing their bite grip strength, but in turn limiting jaw movement to hinging open and shut, or sliding from side to side but not the twisting movement possible for the jaws of most mammals.

    Badgers have rather short, wide bodies, with short legs for digging. They have elongated, weasel-like heads with small ears. Their tails vary in length depending on species; the stink badger has a very short tail, while the ferret badger’s tail can be 46–51 cm (18–20 in) long, depending on age. They have black faces with distinctive white markings, grey bodies with a light-coloured stripe from head to tail, and dark legs with light-coloured underbellies. They grow to around 90 cm (35 in) in length including tail.

    The European badger is one of the largest; the American badger, the hog badger, and the honey badger are generally a little smaller and lighter. Stink badgers are smaller still, and ferret badgers smallest of all. They weigh around 9–11 kg (20–24 lb), with some Eurasian badgers around 18 kg (40 lb).

  • Beaver

    The beaver (genus Castor) is a large, primarily nocturnal, semiaquatic rodent. Castor includes two extant species, the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) (native to North America) and Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) (Eurasia). Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges (homes). They are the second-largest rodent in the world (after the capybara). Their colonies create one or more dams to provide still, deep water to protect against predators, and to float food and building material. The North American beaver population was once more than 60 million, but as of 1988 was 6–12 million. This population decline is the result of extensive hunting for fur, for glands used as medicine and perfume, and because the beavers’ harvesting of trees and flooding of waterways may interfere with other land uses.

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  • Badger (noun)

    Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and ver=161103 (American badger).

  • Badger (noun)

    A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.

  • Badger (noun)

    A brush made of badger hair.

  • Badger (noun)

    A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.

  • Badger (noun)

    An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; — formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

  • Badger (verb)

    To pester, to annoy persistently.

    “He kept badgering her about her bad habits.”

  • Badger (verb)

    To pass gas; to fart.

  • Beaver (noun)

    A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet.

  • Beaver (noun)

    A hat, of various shape, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.

  • Beaver (noun)

    The pubic hair and/or vulva of a woman.

  • Beaver (noun)

    The fur of the beaver.

  • Beaver (noun)

    Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.

  • Beaver (noun)

    A brown colour, like that of a beaver.

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  • Beaver (noun)

    a man who wears a beard

  • Beaver (noun)

    A specialized part of a helmet designed to protect the lower face.

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