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title: "Zilverdas"
description: "Taxidea taxus — Zoogdieren. The American badger is a North American badger similar in appearance to the European badger, although not closely related."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/american-badger
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zilverdas

> Taxidea taxus — Zoogdieren. The American badger is a North American badger similar in appearance to the European badger, although not closely related.

- Scientific name: *Taxidea taxus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 7573
- Wikidata: [Q232129](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232129)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41789](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41789)

## Names

- en: American Badger
- de: Silberdachs
- es: Tlalcoyote
- fr: Blaireau d'Amérique
- nl: Zilverdas
- pt: Texugo-americano
- pl: Borsucznik amerykański

## Countries with the most observations

US (4742), CA (784), MX (289)

## Summary

The American badger is a North American badger similar in appearance to the European badger, although not closely related. It is found in the western, central, and northeastern United States, northern Mexico, and south-central Canada to certain areas of southwestern British Columbia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_badger

## Photo

![Zilverdas](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-badger/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ellyne Geurts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156836639

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/american-badger?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).