Honey Badger
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Honey Badger

Mellivora capensis

Overview

Kruger National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Etosha National Park are among the ten atlas places where the Honey Badger is recorded. Its records concentrate in Kenya, South Africa and Benin, with the atlas holding 148 records across ten countries. This member of the family Mustelidae is also recorded in Namibia and Senegal, with further sightings mapped in the Serengeti and Chobe National Park. The records for Mellivora capensis provide a broad look at where observers have documented this mammal across its range.

Records
148
Countries
10
Atlas places
10
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Honey Badger as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Kenya
    25 km zone · high confidence · 123 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 9 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Benin
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 7 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Senegal
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 5 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Namibia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 1 record · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Burkina Faso
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Angola
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Botswana
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • South Sudan
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Rare

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Honey Badger