﻿GESTATION 
  OF 
  THE 
  BADGER. 
  

  

  Ill 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  synopsis 
  shows 
  all 
  the 
  scraps 
  of 
  evidence 
  I 
  

   know 
  of 
  bearing 
  on 
  the 
  gestation 
  of 
  the 
  Badger 
  ; 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  in- 
  

   stances 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  pages 
  of 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist:' 
  Some 
  

   of 
  them 
  were 
  originally 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  'Field,' 
  next 
  quoted 
  in 
  

   ' 
  The 
  Zoologist,' 
  1864, 
  p. 
  9219, 
  et 
  seq. 
  ;* 
  and 
  again 
  quoted 
  in 
  

   'The 
  Zoologist,' 
  1888, 
  p. 
  12, 
  &c, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Harting, 
  in 
  quite 
  the 
  

   best 
  account 
  ever 
  published 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  W. 
  Duff 
  

   Assheton 
  Smith 
  has 
  sent 
  me 
  word 
  of 
  another 
  case 
  which 
  occurred 
  

   in 
  his 
  collection, 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  female 
  Badger 
  purchased 
  in 
  Spain 
  

   in 
  1891, 
  and 
  brought 
  home 
  on 
  his 
  yacht, 
  " 
  had 
  young 
  after 
  

   being 
  in 
  a 
  cage 
  by 
  herself 
  for 
  fifteen 
  months 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  she 
  

   was 
  captured." 
  

  

  Reference. 
  

  

  Date 
  of 
  Pairing 
  or 
  

  

  Commencement 
  

  

  of 
  Solitary 
  Captivity. 
  

  

  Young 
  Born. 
  

  

  Gestation, 
  or 
  Minimum 
  

   Period. 
  

  

  1. 
  Meade- 
  Waldo, 
  Zool. 
  1894, 
  

  

  •221 
  

  

  2. 
  J. 
  Paterson, 
  supra 
  

  

  3. 
  J. 
  Paterson. 
  supra 
  

  

  4. 
  Do. 
  

  

  5. 
  Do. 
  

  

  6. 
  ' 
  Field,' 
  July 
  9, 
  1S64 
  ; 
  

  

  Zool. 
  1888, 
  12 
  

  

  7. 
  Bell 
  Hotel, 
  Worcester 
  ; 
  

  

  Zool. 
  1888, 
  12 
  

  

  8. 
  'Field,' 
  Dec. 
  20, 
  1856; 
  

  

  Zool. 
  1888, 
  12 
  

   9. 
  'Land 
  and 
  Water,' 
  Dec. 
  

   12, 
  1868 
  

  

  10. 
  Haughton 
  Hall, 
  Salop, 
  

  

  Zool. 
  1888, 
  12 
  

  

  11. 
  Salvin, 
  Zool. 
  1877, 
  251 
  

  

  12. 
  Zoological 
  Gardens, 
  pre- 
  

  

  sented 
  by 
  J. 
  E. 
  Liardet 
  

  

  13. 
  Assheton 
  Smith, 
  Zool. 
  

  

  1903, 
  442 
  

  

  14. 
  Corbin, 
  Zool. 
  1877, 
  251 
  

  

  15. 
  F. 
  Allies,Worcester, 
  Zool. 
  

  

  1888, 
  12 
  

  

  16. 
  F.Heycock, 
  Bedford, 
  Zool. 
  

  

  1888, 
  12 
  

  

  17. 
  Hull 
  Zoological 
  Garden, 
  

  

  Zool. 
  18S8, 
  13 
  

  

  18. 
  Assheton 
  Smith, 
  supra 
  

  

  19. 
  Butler, 
  Oxford, 
  Zool. 
  1888 
  

  

  13 
  

  

  Pair 
  born 
  (about 
  

   Feb.) 
  1880, 
  and 
  

   paired 
  in 
  Oct. 
  ? 
  

  

  Paired 
  (10 
  &) 
  12 
  

   July, 
  1898 
  

  

  Paired? 
  July, 
  1899 
  

   Do. 
  ? 
  do. 
  do. 
  

   Do. 
  ? 
  do. 
  1900 
  

  

  Dug 
  out 
  in 
  April, 
  

   contained 
  

  

  Obtained 
  before 
  

   April 
  3, 
  1860 
  

  

  [Apparently 
  paired 
  

   March 
  5, 
  1876] 
  

  

  Beceived 
  March 
  

   20, 
  1876 
  

  

  Obtained 
  Novenr 
  

   ber, 
  1866 
  

  

  Middle 
  of 
  March. 
  

  

  1881 
  

  

  Feb. 
  13, 
  1899 
  

  

  Feb. 
  27, 
  1900 
  

   March 
  8, 
  1900 
  

   Feb. 
  21, 
  1901 
  

  

  died 
  in 
  June, 
  and 
  

  

  foetuses 
  

  

  March 
  12, 
  1861 
  

  

  Feb. 
  16, 
  1877 
  

  

  March 
  14, 
  1877 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  March, 
  

   1903 
  

  

  March 
  1, 
  1868 
  

  

  Gestation 
  ? 
  circa 
  5 
  months 
  

  

  Gestation 
  7 
  months, 
  sup- 
  

   posed 
  premature, 
  and 
  

   should 
  have 
  been 
  circa 
  8 
  

   months 
  

   j 
  Gestation 
  apparently 
  from 
  

   ( 
  1\ 
  to 
  nearly 
  8 
  months 
  

   Gestation 
  apparently 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  7 
  and 
  1\ 
  months 
  

  

  At 
  least 
  9 
  months 
  

  

  At 
  least 
  full 
  10 
  months 
  

  

  Shut 
  up 
  46 
  weeks 
  5 
  days 
  

   = 
  at 
  least 
  over 
  10 
  \ 
  months 
  

   At 
  least 
  11 
  months 
  

  

  At 
  least 
  11 
  months 
  9 
  days 
  

  

  Gestation, 
  a 
  year 
  all 
  but 
  

  

  about 
  17 
  days 
  

   At 
  least 
  a 
  year 
  all 
  but 
  6 
  

  

  days 
  

   At 
  least 
  about 
  12 
  months 
  

  

  At 
  least 
  a 
  year 
  or 
  more 
  

   At 
  least 
  more 
  than 
  12 
  

  

  months 
  

   At 
  least 
  13 
  months 
  

  

  At 
  least 
  15 
  months 
  

  

  At 
  least 
  15 
  months 
  

  

  At 
  least 
  over 
  15 
  months 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  birth 
  of 
  one 
  litter 
  is 
  there 
  stated 
  to 
  have 
  taken 
  place 
  in 
  April, 
  

   which 
  is 
  a 
  misprint 
  foi' 
  March, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist,' 
  1888, 
  (I 
  have 
  

   not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  ' 
  Field 
  ' 
  of 
  1861.) 
  

  

  