Japanese badger: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Japanese badger lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Meles anakuma
Group	Weasels, otters, badgers & skunks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Mustelidae

Where does the Japanese badger live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Japanese badger in 1 country or territory across Asia. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Japan. Wikidata gives its range as: Kyushu, Honshu, Shikoku.

Japan

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Japanese badger endangered?

The Japanese badger’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Japanese badger?

The Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Mustelidae, genus Meles. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Japanese badger

The Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) is a species of carnivoran of the family Mustelidae, the weasels and their kin. Endemic to Japan, it is found on Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Shōdoshima. It is assigned to the genus Meles with its close relatives, the European (M. meles), Caucasian (M. canescens) and Asian (M. leucurus) badgers. In Japan, it is called by the name anaguma (穴熊, 貛) meaning "hole-bear", or mujina (むじな, 狢, 貉).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Japanese badger (revision 1347290828), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1576038 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).