主要区别獾(main difference badger) vs. 蜜獾(honey badger)

Family Mustelidae is a large family of Order Carnivora, with about 25 genera, including badgers, otters, weasels and wolverines. These creatures are carnivorous mammals and distributed in almost every type of terrestrial habitats, from arctic region to tropical region. In addition, the members of this family can live in freshwater habitats such as rivers, lakes as well as saltwater habitats. However, they cannot be found in Australia, Madagascar, and other oceanic islands. The first fossil records of mustelids, which appeared in Europe and Asia, dated back to early Oligocene period. Animals that belong to this family have **all, long bodies with short limbs. Their triangular-shaped heads have long braincase and a short rostrum. These animals are usually known as stinky animals due to their ability of release a nasty odor from their well-developed **** scent glands.  The body size range may vary from **allest circumboreal weasel that weight about 35 to 250 g, to largest wolverines and the sea otters weighing 32 to 45 kg. There are mainly 6 species of badgers live though out the world, namely; hog badger, Japanese badger, Asian badger, Eurasian badger, honey badger and American badger. The main difference between badger and honey badger is their fur; honey badgers have distinctive yellowish brown fur on the upper side of their body. In addition, many other differences will be discussed in this article.

獾-事实、特征和行为

獾一般归入鼬科，包括獾的六个主要种类；猪獾、日本獾、亚洲獾、欧亚獾、蜜獾、美洲獾。一般来说，它们的身体又短又胖，腿也很短，它们的爪子比较大，便于挖掘。大多数獾是独居的夜间活动的动物。有些物种以被称为鲸豚的群体生活，可能由2-15个个体组成。欧亚獾是其他5种獾中最大的。獾在许多国家常被视为害虫。猎杀它们主要是为了它们的皮肤。许多獾是食肉动物，但蜜獾是杂食动物。

蜜獾-事实、特征和行为

蜜獾主要分布在南部非洲地区。但在中东、俄罗斯南部、远东、印度和尼泊尔也有这种现象。它们是无畏、好斗的动物，咬得很厉害。这些哺乳动物生活在洞里，夜间活动。他们有极好的嗅觉，这使他们能够找到小动物和昆虫。蜜獾最初是食肉动物，但有时吃野果和野生蜂蜜。因此，由于广泛的饮食习惯，它们常被称为杂食性哺乳动物。它们之所以被称为蜜獾，是因为它们在一种名为蜜向导的鸟的帮助下找到了蜂箱。这只鸟帮助蜜獾找到蜂巢，一旦蜜獾打破蜂巢，蜜獾就会让鸟吃蜂蜜。蜜獾和蜜指南者之间的相互关系还不清楚。

成虫体长可达80厘米，体重9-12公斤。妊娠期约180天。这些獾通常作为独居动物生活，尽管也可以看到由三个人组成的小家庭群体。由于低出生率的蜜獾是极易受到捕食者，猎人和栖息地破坏。

獾(badger)和蜜獾(honey badger)的区别

分布

獾分布在许多地区，包括非洲、中东、欧亚大陆和美洲。

蜜獾只在非洲南部、中东、俄罗斯南部以及远东的印度和尼泊尔发现。

饮食结构

大多数獾都是食肉动物。

蜜獾是杂食动物。

耳朵

獾通常有看得见的耳朵。

蜜獾的耳朵很小。

毛皮

蜜獾的上半身有独特的黄棕色皮毛。

其他种类的獾的上半身没有黄棕色的皮毛。

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“Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis) (17181070118)” By Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE – Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis), (CC-BY-SA 2.0)通过Comm*** Wikimedia