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Hog badger in YanqingPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, May 7, 2008 8:28 AM
 A badger with a pig-like snout Writing from Yanqing County, Beijing, Bezdomny Ex Patria translates some local news:
Although use of the trendy Hu Jintao buzzword 'harmoniously' makes the quote above seem a little like propaganda, the green belt around Beijing is indeed one of the untold environmental success stories of the capital, at least based on your correspondent's encounters with wild animals (see links below). Links and Sources
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Comments on Hog badger in Yanqing
Yummmm...badger
Wow, that last comment was "well-grounded and articulate" .... not.
The photo above looks to me like a Eurasian badger (Meles meles), not a hog badger (Arctonyx collaris). The main facial stripes look typical for the subspecies of M. meles resident in China. There is no secondary stripe on the cheek, characteristic of A. collaris. The nose is black, which is typical of M. meles - the hog badger has a naked, pink, pig-like snout.
Eurasian badgers are becoming increasingly common in towns and cities here in Britain as developments take wildlife into account. It looks like the same thing may be happening in parts of China.