Living honey badger (also known as ratel) (Mellivora capensis) belong to the mustelid family which includes weasels, otters and badgers.

Small folds of skin form a partial webbing between the front toes. This webbing helps a badger to scoop out large "handfuls" of dirt.
It also allows the use of a natural renewable resource without endangering the health of the overall population. “Even large carnivores, such as leopards, hyenas, and lions stay out of their way,” says Valenciano, lead author of this research. The badger is a short, squat animal with a wedge-shaped head. Badgers are adapted for digging up burrowing rodents, which are their main prey. Besides this honey badger-like animal, this 5.2 million years locality has yielded one of the world’s richest and best-preserved mammal assemblages of this time period, including saber-toothed cats, bears, hyaenas, jackals, mongoose, as well as relatives of the living giraffes, elephants, rhinoceroses, wild pigs, and a variety of birds, fishes, and marine mammals.

Badgers are now found throughout Illinois. Can you imagine, if it were not for the fossils at Langebaanweg we would have absolutely no idea of the rich biodiversity that once existed along the West Coast of South Africa.”. Thin, transparent membranes protect a badger's eyes from dirt particles as it digs.

A striking black bar (badge) follows the jawline. Woodlots, cemeteries and idle crop fields are other important habitats.
In the northern part of their range, badgers build up a layer of fat during late summer. Badgers have been known to become intoxicated with alcohol after eating rotting fruit. During most of the year, badgers rest in the same shallow burrows they dig while searching for food. Honey badgers are equipped with sharp teeth and long claws to help capture prey, but they also feed on berries, roots and bulbs, insects and small vertebrates. Badgers are also fond of snails, grasshoppers, bird eggs, honey, insect larvae, and snakes. They sometimes sunbathe near their burrow entrances. These new fossils demonstrate that this South African species is distinct from the late Miocene forms from Central Africa (Howellictis) and East Africa (Erokomellivora), as well as from the extant honey badger,” says Valenciano.

Your IP: 148.251.23.55 UCT Palaeontologist Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, who was not involved in the research, says “This is an incredible discovery! In fact, Valenciano and Govender suggest the existence of two distinct groups of mustelids: the mellivorini (comprising the living ratel, the one from Langebaanweg and several others ratel-like relatives), as well as the Eomellivorini which are characterized by gigantic proportions. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Chrome Web Store.

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