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Some facts about the
Honey badger
Adult weight : 10 kg (22 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 31 years
Gestation : 180 days
Litter size : 2
Litters per year : 2
Weight at birth : 0.21 kg (0.462 lbs)
Honey badger
Order : Carnivora
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Mellivorinae
Species : Mellivora capensis
The honey badger (Mellivora capensis), or Ratel in Afrikaans, is the "most fearless animal in the world' according to the 2002 edition of the Guinness Book of Records. Watching National Geographic, I fell in love with these creatures. They do not fear anything! They plunder bee hives, kill snakes, etc. This video is an excerpt of the film "Snake killers: Honey badgers of the Kalahari" on National Geographic. A honey badger chases down a snake in a tree and eats it.
The Honey badger is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the honey badger
A young / baby of a honey badger is called a 'kit'. The females are called 'sow' and males 'boar'. A honey badger group is called a 'cete, colony, set or company'.Countries
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, GuineaBissau, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Facts about the honey badger
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The Ratel (Mellivora capensis) is a member of the Mustelidae family, also known as a honey badger.
or Mellivora capensis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . (Full text)
Honey BadgerThe honey badger, Mellivora capensis, is a tough, muscular animal with a fondness for honey. (Full text)
Honey badgers are famously tough. (Full text)
The honey badger, or ratel (Mellivora capensis), is assigned a subfamily of its own within the weasel family. (Full text)
Similarly, the badger is often followed by a goshawk or two, stealing the small prey from the honey badger when they bolt in fear from a hole near where the honey badger is digging. (Full text)
The ratel or honey badger (Mellivora capensis) is suspected of occurring, while certainly there are sand gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa), Ruppell’s fox (Vulpes rueppellii) and sand cat (Felis margarita). (Full text)
Some of the species eaten by honey badgers are as follows: (Full text)
Honey badgers are basically solitary creatures. (Full text)
The honey badger is also known as the ratel. (Full text)
The honey badger is thought to be endangered in this country. (Full text)
In spite of their name, honey badgers are not attracted to beehives by the promise of honey, but rather by the bee larvae that provide a nutritious meal. (Full text)
Honey badgers are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Mustelidae. (Full text)
The tropical Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis) is easily differentiated from the common Badger by its black fur, with the white back. (Full text)
Honey badgers are badgers in name only, and belong to a rather exclusive club, being the only members of the sub-family Mellivorinae (the true badgers belong to the subfamily Melinae). (Full text)
However, there is no denying that the honey badger is a remarkable animal. (Full text)
"The Honey Badger is an omnivore feeding on fish, small animals, insects, eggs, honey (to a lesser degree than is thought) carrion, ground birds, bulbs and roots". (Full text)
Habitat - The honey badger is found almost everywhere in Namibia, except in the Namib Desert. (Full text)
Summary: The Ratel (Mellivora capensis) is a member of the Mustelidae family, also known as a honey badger. (Full text)
The ratel or Mellivora capensis, is a member of the weasel family. (Full text)
The Honey Badger is a fierce fighter, with very distinctive colouring (Full text)
” Like a featherweight boxer who makes up for lack of size with speed and Napoleanic ferocity, the Honey Badger is well-equipped to live up to its fearsome reputation. (Full text)
Elsewhere on the CC Africa circuit, Honey Badgers are seen sporadically. (Full text)
1. ratel, honey badger, Mellivora capensis -- (nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia)ratel
honey badger
Mellivora capensis
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