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Species Account for Meles meles

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Meles meles  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Badger
Mammals: Mustelidae

 
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Taxonomic group: mammals (Mammals) - County data

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Essex RDB: Listed

Records: 6790
First Record: 1959
Latest Record: 2025

1992-on hectads: 54
Pre-1992 hectads: 7
Total hectads: 54

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Essex Red Data List comment
Badger. 334 post-1980 tetrads (out of 1074).


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Broad Habitat Data (based on 3 records with habitat information)

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Structural Habitat Data (based on 6 records with structural habitat information)

Habitat Detail and Method (based on 6790 records with habitat detail and method information)

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