BADGERS (Taxidea taxus) AS OCCASIONAL PESTS IN AGRICULTURE

摘要: The badger (Taxidea taxus). because of its strong propensity for digging, is considered North America's fossorial carnivore, feeding mostly on ground squirrels, pocket gophers, and mice throughout much the western midwestern continent. Badger excavations, primarily in search food, produce mounds deep holes which can damage alfalfa other crops farm equipment water systems. Depredations include poultry, waterfowl, eggs. Overall, a relatively minor vertebrate pest. As furbearer it renewable natural resource. Most local pest problems are currently reduced through leghold trapping shooting. Habitat modification continuous rodent control effective long-lasting method. Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. (A.C. Crabb R.E. Marsh, Eds.), Printed at Univ. Calif., Davis. 13:199-208, 1988