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Quiz about Tommy Brock The Eurasian Badger

Tommy Brock: The Eurasian Badger Quiz

Test your knowledge on this black-and-white mustelid!

A multiple-choice quiz by Velociraptor. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Velociraptor

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
226,308

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
459

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the scientific name of the Eurasian badger? Hint

Meles meles

Gulo gulo

Mustela erminea

Lutra lutra

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Question 2 of 10

2. If you were asked to find a Eurasian badger, you might start looking in the United Kingdom. But its home range is by no means limited to the UK. In which of the following places would you NOT find the Eurasian badger? Hint

Iceland

Russia

Japan

Spain

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Question 3 of 10

3. The word "badger" comes from the French word "becheur", meaning "digger", and with good reason - badgers live in networks of tunnels underground. What is this home called? Hint

A den

A bunker

A warren

A sett

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Question 4 of 10

4. Eurasian badgers are omnivorous and will eat a variety of foods, but most of their diet consists of one particular food. What is it? Hint

Earthworms

Small rodents

Roots

Insects

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Question 5 of 10

5. A male badger is called a buck, and a female is called a doe, like deer.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following statements concerning badger reproduction is true? Hint

When badger cubs are born, they are already well developed, and are able to go above ground within the first week of their lives

Badgers always give birth to identical quadruplets

After mating, the mother badger can delay the development of her embryos until an appropriate time

The dominant female badger in a clan mates with several males - any one or more than one of them could father her cubs

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Question 7 of 10

7. The black and white stripes on a badger's face are believed to be warning colours, to warn other animals that the badger could attack savagely.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. If you observe a group of badgers, you may see one badger pressing its rear end against another. What is it doing? Hint

Scent marking

Demonstrating its own superior status to the other badger

Recognising the other badger as superior

It is not known for certain why badgers do this

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Question 9 of 10

9. In Britain, what disease are badgers believed to carry and spread? Hint

Tuberculosis

Polio

Influenza

Foot-and-mouth disease

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Question 10 of 10

10. As of 2006, it is estimated that around 2000 badgers are killed by traffic in Britain every year.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the scientific name of the Eurasian badger?

Answer: Meles meles

"Meles" is Latin for "badger". Mustela erminea is the stoat, Gulo gulo is the wolverine, and Lutra lutra is the European otter.

Answer: Iceland

The Eurasian badger can be found in most of Europe, as well as Russia, China, Tibet and Japan.

3. The word "badger" comes from the French word "becheur", meaning "digger", and with good reason - badgers live in networks of tunnels underground. What is this home called?

Answer: A sett

The word "sett" comes from "cete", a term for a group of badgers. Each sett is home to a clan of up to a dozen badgers, and features numerous entrances and underground chambers, which the badgers keep lined with grass bedding.

4. Eurasian badgers are omnivorous and will eat a variety of foods, but most of their diet consists of one particular food. What is it?

Answer: Earthworms

But badgers will also eat the other three options, as well as fruit, seeds, eggs, and other small animals like frogs.

5. A male badger is called a buck, and a female is called a doe, like deer.

Answer: False

Actually, a male badger is called a boar, and a female is called a sow, like pigs.

6. Which of the following statements concerning badger reproduction is true?

Answer: After mating, the mother badger can delay the development of her embryos until an appropriate time

This is known as delayed implantation - the female can mate at any time of the year, and then keeps her fertilised eggs in suspended development. They will begin developing around December, and the cubs are born at the beginning of spring.
Only one male and female in each clan (the dominant pair) will reproduce. The litter can consist of between 1 and 6 cubs (it's actually armadillos that always give birth to identical quadruplets). The cubs are blind and helpless when born, and will not go above ground until they are about two months old.

7. The black and white stripes on a badger's face are believed to be warning colours, to warn other animals that the badger could attack savagely.

Answer: True

With powerful jaws and long claws, a badger is well equipped to fight if necessary!

8. If you observe a group of badgers, you may see one badger pressing its rear end against another. What is it doing?

Answer: Scent marking

The badgers in a particular clan recognise each other by a shared smell. They have a scent gland at the base of their tail, which they use to mark their territory - and each other.

9. In Britain, what disease are badgers believed to carry and spread?

Answer: Tuberculosis

It is a widely-held belief that badgers spread bovine tuberculosis to cattle, which has resulted in much culling of them in Britain. Tests have shown that TB is "more common in badgers than in other species" (Wikipedia), but it has not been conclusively proven that they do in fact transmit bovine TB.

10. As of 2006, it is estimated that around 2000 badgers are killed by traffic in Britain every year.

Answer: False

It's actually about 50,000. And it is estimated that there are about 250-300,000 wild badgers left in Britain.

The following websites were used as references for this quiz:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/189.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_badger
http://www.secretworld.org/data/badger_faq.htm
I also gained information from the BBC wildlife series "Britain Goes Wild" and "Springwatch".

Source: Author Velociraptor

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