American badger 2011 Wild Safari North American Wildlife , walk around by Kikimalou

2011 seems to be a Mustelidae year. After the Schleich wolverine and European bager, the Safari ltd american badger reached my jungle last week.  

The American badger is a member of the Mustelidae, a diverse family of carnivorous mammals which also includes the weasel, ferret, and wolverine. It belongs to one of three sub-families of badgers, the other two being the Eurasian Badger and the Honey Badger.

The American Badger has most of the general characteristics common to badgers; stocky and low-slung with short, powerful legs, they are identifiable by their huge foreclaws (measuring up to 5 cm in length) and distinctive head markings. Measuring generally between 60 to 75 cm in length, males of the species are a little bit larger than females (with an average weight of roughly 7 kg  for females and up to almost 9 kg for males).

American badgers are fossorial carnivore largely nocturnal but have been reported active during the day as well. They do not hibernate, but become less active in winter. A badger may spend much of the winter in cycles of torpor that last around 29 hours. They do emerge from their setts when the temperatures are above freezing.

The scale of the SAFARI Ltd American badger is 1:10 for a 8.5 cm lenght with tail and 7cm for the head and body only.

Thankyou, Christophe

Great photoes as always, - very nice with the comparison in size of the Schleich European badger.

That figuere is really, really lovely even if he snarls at us, - as a real badger does:cheers:

Thank you sooooooooo much for the great pics!
Want want want him!!!

Oh, I love this figure What a teeth Thank You for great photos of it Christophe, and for size comparison

Congratulation!! A very nice badger!!!

Thanks for the details and info! Playvision American badger is gorgeous too n is it still on the market?

ken yeo wrote:

Thanks for the details and info! Playvision American badger is gorgeous too n is it still on the market?

They are still available here

I love him too - fantastic pictures as usual Christophe he's really detailed, look at those teeth nice size too, Safari often makes large critters.

HKHollinstone wrote:

I love him too - fantastic pictures as usual Christophe he's really detailed, look at those teeth nice size too, Safari often makes large critters.

Thank you Christophe fantastic figure safari 2011 and already home!
Congratulations and thank you for the link, they are animals I'm looking for a long time and I had lost sight of. Thank you thank you very much great!

Kikimalou wrote:

ken yeo wrote:

Thanks for the details and info! Playvision American badger is gorgeous too n is it still on the market?

They are still available here

Thanks Christophe!!

Again fantastic walk arround review, Kiki!
I also want him! 1:10 is a very nice scale for a small figure!
Is also time to think in PV, they have nice species! :)

Nice looking figure! Safari's really improving there figures as far as artistically and realistically! Enjoy!

Thank you all, I'm happy you enjoy the review

HKHollinstone wrote:

I love him too - fantastic pictures as usual Christophe he's really detailed, look at those teeth nice size too, Safari often makes large critters.

I think since the last years, WILD SAFARI models have a smaller size, still a bit bigger than SCHLEICH but ok for PAPO.

By the way, your Avatar is wonderful Harriet

Kikimalou wrote:

Thank you all, I'm happy you enjoy the review

HKHollinstone wrote:

I love him too - fantastic pictures as usual Christophe he's really detailed, look at those teeth nice size too, Safari often makes large critters.

I think since the last years, WILD SAFARI models have a smaller size, still a bit bigger than SCHLEICH but ok for PAPO

That's good - there are a lot of models in that series I really like. I don't mind if they're more to the scale of Papo, as long as they're not huge.

Kikimalou wrote:

By the way, your Avatar is wonderful Harriet

Thank you

Thanx for the pics, Christophe

I realy like it, especially the face

...I think it,s the best model of badger! (european and american)... I want this badger for my badger family...

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Arrakai wrote:

Thanx for the pics, Christophe

I realy like it, especially the face

Yes, the face is really, really great, - the whole badger it great

Really fantastic looking badger my friend! I love it!
A must have for me to!

He's great! I don't know why, but I somehow associate badgers with grumpiness, and his snarling muzzle fits perfectly

I think he went to University of Wisconsin...

This is just perfect, one of the best figures I've ever seen, pretty accurate including the paint job!
If only the same sculptor could make a Fossa, Leopard seal, Fisher, Snow leopard, Clouded leopard, Dhole, Perentie and Wolverine