AMERICAN BADGER. 



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DIMENSIONS. 



A male in winter pelage. 



From point of nose to root of tail, 

 Tail, (vertebrEB,) 



" to end of hair, 

 Nose to root of ear. 

 Between the ears. 

 Height of 

 Breadth of " 

 Length of head. 

 Breadth of body. 

 Length of fore-leg to end of claw, 



Weight, 16 J lbs. 



21 inches. 



4 do. 



6i do. 



3f do. 



4 do. 



U do. 



1& do. 



4| do. 



lOJ do. 



71 do. 



A living specimen, (examined in a menagerie at Charleston, S. Carolina,) 

 Length of head and body, 

 " tail, (vertebrae,) . 



" " to end of hair, 



Breadth of body. 

 Heel to end of nail, 



Weight, 23 lbs, 





30 inches 





5 do. 





7§ do. 





12 do. 





4 do. 



A stuffed specimen in our collection. 

 Length of head and body, 

 " tail, (vertebrae,) . 



" " to end of hair, 



" heel to end of nail. 



31 inches. 

 5i do. 

 7J do. 

 4S do. 



During our stay at Fort Union, on the Upper Missouri River, in the 

 summer of 1843, we purchased a living Badger from a squaw, who had 

 brought it from some distance to the Fort for sale ; it having been caught 

 by another squaw at a place nearly two hundred and fifty miles distant, 

 among the Crow Indians. It was first placed in our common room, but 

 was found to be so very mischievous, pulling about and tearing to pieces 

 every article within its reach, trying to dig up the stones of the hearth, 

 &c., that we had it removed into an adjoining apartment. It was regu- 

 larly fed morning and evening on raw meat, either the flesh of animals 

 procured during the day, or small birds shot during our researches through 

 the adjacent country. It drank a good deal of water, and was rather 



