Great Basin Naturalist
Article Title
Abstract
Stomach contents of 33 hunter- and trapper-killed badgers, Taxidea taxus, from northeastern South Dakota were examined during the 1980–81 fur season. Mammal prey species made up the bulk of the ingested food, followed by plant materials. Approximately 40 percent of stomach contents were mammals, 35 percent were of plant origin, 10 percent were birds, 10 percent were insects, while the remainder was mostly inorganic materials. Little significant difference was found in variety of food items consumed by each sex. South Dakota badgers are opportunistic foragers in the wintertime when food is scarce. Individual food items are usually taken in quantity when encountered by badgers.
Recommended Citation
Hart, E. Blake and Trumbo, Michael
(1983)
"Winter stomach contents of South Dakota badgers,"
Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 43:
No.
3, Article 21.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol43/iss3/21