Badger

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Stocky and stripe-faced, the European badger roams woods and farmland from Ireland to the Caucasus. Family clans share deep tunnel systems called setts, surfacing at night to feast on earthworms, beetles and fruit. Thanks to protection, numbers are now stable across most of its range.

Habitat: The Badger can be found in Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-and-herz, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United-kingdom, Uzbekistan