- · Grid units represent actual meters (m); human and animals are drawn to the exact same scale with original silhouette aspect ratios preserved.
- · When a size range is recorded (e.g. 1–1.6m), the lower bound is used for scale comparison.
- · Amur Badger silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Meles)
- · Human silhouette: PhyloPic — NASA · Public Domain Mark 1.0
Amur Badger
Meles amurensis (Amur Badger · Amur Badger)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A head-and-body length of 80 cm is about 2.7 times the long side of an A4 sheet of paper (29.7 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 A weight of 10 kg is equal to one 10 kg bag of rice (Comparison).
- 💡 The National List of Species of Korea notes that it also eats field crops like sweet potatoes and potatoes, and mounds of earth in front of burrows along mountain paths are signs of the badger.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Amur Badger is a mustelid mammal distributed in Korea and northern Eurasia. Living close to farmland and forests, it has long been a familiar animal to people.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is brown with darker limbs and belly, dark brown around the eyes, and a white stripe between the eyes that makes its face easy to recognize. It digs the ground with forepaws equipped with strong claws.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
A nocturnal animal that eats earthworms, mole crickets, frogs, snakes, mice, fruits, sweet potatoes, potatoes, bees, ants, and beetles, it enters hibernation from late November to early December (months 11–12). Its burrows are 8–10 m long with a 30–40 cm mound of soil piled at the entrance, and it gathers droppings near the burrow.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It inhabits all of Korea. Because it eats many beetles, its droppings distinguish it from the raccoon dog, and the soil mound and accumulated droppings at burrow entrances are signs used to find it in the mountains.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1006938
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000053334 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000053334
- • wikidata.org — Q135914448
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Meles)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.