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Badger Status:
The badger is a California Species of Special Concern.
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The American badger
(Taxidea
taxus) is a
medium-sized
carnivore with a semi-fossorial life style. This
nocturnal animal helps control rodent populations by feeding upon
ground squirrels, pocket gophers, chipmunks, mice and voles.
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Badger
populations have declined drastically in
California
within the last century (Grinnell et.al.
1937). Agricultural and urban developments
have been the primary causes in the decline of the badger population.
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