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	Badger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: the same mammal family as the ferrets, the weasels, the otters, and several other types of carnivore.
		Terriers (a type of dog) or dachshunds (or badger dogs) are used to locate the badger in the tunnel, after which the diggers attempt to dig down to the badger.
		The captured badger may sometimes be released elsewhere, but is more often killed or used in badger baiting, in which a badger is put into a pit and made to fight dogs, commonly accompanied by heavy gambling.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Badger (784 words)

	American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
		Badgers are most common in the prairie and desert sections of the West, but limited numbers venture into the mountains where individuals have been seen or captured at elevations well above 3,000 m.
		A badger was encountered on Padre Island as it sought refuge in a shallow burrow in a sandbank.
		Badgers are ordinarily solitary except during the mating season.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/taxitaxu.htm (565 words)

	American Badger, Taxidea taxus: Fact File - About the American badger
		The American badger is similar in size, build and appearance to the Eurasian badger Meles meles, although it is rather lower to the ground and and broader in the body.
		American badgers are loners, leading solitary lives except when males and females meet up to mate, and when females are rearing their young.
		The oldest wild badger on record lived to be 14, and several aged between 8 and 10 have been known, while in captivity, one badger is known to have reached 26 years of age.
	www.badgers.org.uk /badgerpages/american-badger-07.html (740 words)

	CVBDB American Badger
		The snout of the badger is slightly upturned and the eyes are small with nictating membranes, an adaptation for its fossorial lifestyle.
		Badgers are now an uncommon, permanent resident found throughout most of the state, with the exception of the northern North coast area.
		Badgers are basically solitary, nocturnal creatures, foraging at night and then remaining underground during the daylight hours.
	www.delta.dfg.ca.gov /gallery/badger.asp (483 words)

	BADGER - LoveToKnow Article on BADGER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The members of the typical genus have the lower jaw so articulated to the upper, by means of a transverse condyle firmly locked into a long cavity of the cranium, that dislocation of the jaw is all but impossible, and this enables those creatures to maintain their hold with the utmost tenacity.
		The European badger (Meles taxus or M. meles) is from 25 in; to 29 in.
		They are now chiefly valued for the hair; that of the European badger being used in the manufacture of the best shaving-brushes while the softer hair of the American species is employed for the same purpose, and also for painters pencils, and the fur is used for articles of ladies apparel and trimmings.
	26.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BADGER.htm (896 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Badger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The American badger is native to the western regions of North America, as far east as Ohio, south to central Mexico, and north to southern Canada.
		The common badger, also known as the European badger, is up to 90 cm (up to 35 in) long.
		The American badger is classified as Taxidea taxus, the European badger as Meles meles.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761578791__1/Badger.html (417 words)

	North American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
		While digging, the badger uses its forepaws to pass the soil back to its hind legs, which kick the dirt away from the badger.
		of the badger are the eagle and the coyote.
		Young badgers are born in late spring and early summer and usually strike out on their own in late summer.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/North_American_Badger.asp (355 words)

	American Badger Life and Habitat
		While the European badger digs deep warrens that may be used without interruption for decades, the American badger is a vagrant that moves across the landscape, digging a new burrow every day or two.
		The American badger is a large, tough and ferocious weasel, with adults weighing between 10 and 40 pounds.
		That said, the badger population in North America is stable and perhaps increasing due to the proliferation of ground squirrels in the American west.
	www.terrierman.com /lifehabitatbadger.htm (641 words)

	CVBDB Stanislaus River Report
		The snout of the badger is slightly upturned and the eyes are small with nictating membranes (Lindzey 1982), an adaptation for its fossorial lifestyle.
		The badger is an uncommon, permanent resident found throughout most of the state, with the exception of the northern North coast area.
		Badgers were not observed during any field activities, however, suitable habitat exists along the Stanislaus River within some of the grassy and open areas.
	www.delta.dfg.ca.gov /reports/stanriver/sr4415.asp (542 words)

	American Badger
		Badgers are relatively large members of the weasel family.
		Badgers are not very agile and run close to the ground with a trotting movement when pursued.
		In their search for food, most of which is comprised of burrowing rodents, badgers tear up large areas of earth with powerful digging claws on their forefeet.
	www.nature.ca /notebooks/english/ambadger.htm (135 words)

	American Badger
		The badger body is well suited for digging; it is short and stout and somewhat flattened.
		Badgers have been maligned by humans because their burrows can be injurious to livestock, but rodent control and the cover their burrows provide for other wildlife probably offset the few leg injuries to livestock.
		Badgers are considered to be solitary, but recently there have been reports and sightings of badgers and coyotes hunting together.
	imnh.isu.edu /digitalatlas/bio/mammal/Carn/muste/amba/badger.htm (678 words)

	badger. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Most badgers are large, nocturnal, burrowing animals, with broad, heavy bodies, long snouts, large, sharp claws, and long, grizzled fur.
		American badgers are solitary and mostly nocturnal; in the extreme north they sleep through the winter.
		Badgers are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Mustelidae.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ba/badger.html (358 words)

	American Badgers - Small Animals
		Due to the species' nocturnal way of life, uneven distribution, and low population density, the American Badger remains one of the animals whose habitat, lifestyle, and ecological niche have yet to be studied.
		The American Badger is a relative of the European Badger.
		American Badgers are found mostly in grasslands, prairies, deserts, and plains.
	www.american-badgers.com (743 words)

	Dancing with Badgers: Badgers Can Dance
		Badger and bear, who mind their own business, spend a lot of time just thinking about things, are the wise old ones, loners and mystics, of Sioux folklore.
		Technically, badgers are scattered through three "sub-families"; by comparison, the otters are all in one sub-family, as are the skunks, as are the wolverines, weasels, and martens, who are genera of the mustelinae sub-family.
		The "true badger," if you happen to be an Anglophile (or a Redwall fan), is the Eurasian badger, a creature that looks a bit like a mellowed-out American badger but is actually a member of a different sub-family.
	www.dancingbadger.com /mustel02.htm (1305 words)

	The Living Desert - American Badger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		It is not uncommon for badgers to form a "hunting partnership" with a coyote.
		Badgers are solitary all year until mating season in late summer or early fall.
		Badgers are truly omnivorous, including birds, reptiles and arthropods although they feed primarily on rodents dug from their burrows.
	www.livingdesert.org /animals/american_badger.asp (332 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- American Badger (Taxidea taxus) facts and pictures
		The American badger is primarily carnivorous, feeding on small mammals (especially burrowing rodents), ground nesting birds and their eggs, reptiles (even rattlesnakes), and insects and their larvae.
		Badgers rotate dens frequently during the summer, in autumn fewer burrows are used, and only a single den is used in the winter.
		The American badger used to be hunted for its fur, used to make shaving brushes and line coats, but are rarely hunted for this purpose anymore.
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=208 (911 words)

	Species at risk - American Badger jacksoni subspecies
		The habitat requirements of the American Badger are not well understood, however friable soil suitable for badgers to burrow in and to support small burrowing mammals upon which badgers prey appears to be a key element.
		Badgers are promiscuous, with breeding occurring in July and August, but implantation is delayed until February (after the eggs are fertilized, their development is arrested for several months until implantation into the uterus occurs and then the fetus develops quickly during the actual gestation period).
		Badgers found dead or injured along roadsides provide valuable information to OMNR biologists who are researching the ecology and behavior of the species to further understand how to promote its recovery.
	www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca /search/speciesDetails_e.cfm?SpeciesID=621 (1183 words)

	American Badger - Small Animals
		American Badgers are solitary animals and meet only during mating seasons, in late summer and early autumn.
		Individual Badgers are said to move from one den to another carrying their offspring in the mouth.
		American Badgers in Texas - Description and photograph of Taxidea taxus from the Mammals of Texas.
	www.american-badgers.com /american-badgers-reproduction.htm (894 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
		Although the badger does not hibernate, it may become torpid in the coldest part of winter, remaining in a nest chamber deep within its burrow for several days or weeks.
		Fond of rattlesnake meat, the badger is evidently unharmed by the venom unless the snake strikes its nose.
		Badger hair is used to make paintbrushes, and the coarse bristles were once used in shaving brushes.
	www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesRECNUM.asp?recnum=MA0040 (880 words)

	Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: North American badger (Taxidea taxus)
		Badgers are a group of mostly carnivorous, medium-sized stocky mustelids.
		Badgers are powerfully built, wedge-shaped bodies with a small head and a short thick neck.
		Except for sows with young, badgers are usually solitary and are aggressive to intruders to their territory.
	brainmuseum.org /Specimens/carnivora/badger (213 words)

	American Badger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The American badger is light to dark gray on the back and rump and has a white underside.
		Badgers will also dig out ground squirrels, rats, mice, and other small mammals that may be hiding in a burrow underground.
		American badgers are solitary animals, coming together only to mate and rear the young.
	www.ducks.ca /OHMIC/english/special/abadger.html (542 words)

	American Badger -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		This animal prefers dry open areas with deep soils that are easy to dig, such as (A treeless grassy plain) prairie regions.
		American Badgers have a triangular face with a distinctive fl and white pattern and a stocky body covered with shaggy grizzled fur.
		The numbers of these animals has declined due to persecution by farmers and the extermination of many of their prey in agricultural areas.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Am/American_Badger.htm (198 words)

	ADW: Taxidea taxus: Information
		Badgers are born blind and helpless with a thin coat of fur.
		Badgers are mainly active at night, and tend to be inactive during the winter months.
		Badgers use multiple burrows within their home range, and they may not use the same burrow more than once a month.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Taxidea_taxus.html (840 words)

	Badgers Badgers and More Badgers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Badger started as a selected surname for the persona Stephen Badger I adopted for Society for Creative Anachronism use in 1984, and rapidly became a real-world nickname.
		A badger was one of the fifty animals (#25 in the set of 50) chosen for the Zoological set of 1890.
		Badger When midnight comes a host of dogs and men Go out and track the badger to his den, And put a sack within the hole and lie Till the old grunting badger passes by.
	www.neverwhere.org /~steve/personal/badgers.html (1308 words)

	NatureWorks - American Badger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The American badger has a flat body with short legs and a triangular face with a long, pointed, tipped-up nose.
		In the United States, the American badger can be found from the west coast to Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.
		The American Badger lives in open areas like plains and prairies, farmland and the edges of woods.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/americanbadger.htm (375 words)

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		The current definition of the verb "badger," which means to "pester" someone, derives from the practice of an early European sport of baiting badgers.
		Badgers are good diggers and, if threatened, can dig a hole and disappear to safety in as little as one minute.
		Badgers are nocturnal, solitary animals and spend most of the daytime asleep underground.
	home.sou.edu /~rible/wildlife/badger.htm (578 words)

	Bear Country USA
		The American Badger is the largest member of the "weasel" family.
		Except in those parts of its range where the badger lives in warm conditions all year round, the animal puts on a great deal of body fat over the summer to see it through the winter, and weights are at their greatest at the onset of the cold season.
		Forest succession and encroachment into grasslands is reducing the habitat of the badger, an animal vital in controlling rodent populations.
	www.bearcountryusa.com /information.asp?ID=15 (353 words)

	American Badger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The American badger is a wide animal with short legs and paws that face inward.
		Badgers are not very agile due to their low positioning to the ground, but have large claws 4.5 cm and sharp teeth allowing them to stand their ground when needed.
		Badgers due not require large amounts of free drinking water, since the diet they choose is high in water.
	www.pjc.cc.fl.us /sctag/extra/BadgerKK.html (862 words)

	Badgers on the Web
		Such literature suggests that the badger is a very British beast, but in fact 'old Brock' is the most widely distributed badger on the planet, with a range which stretches from Britain and Ireland in the west to Japan in the east, and from Norway and Sweden down to the Middle East and southern China.
		Honey badgers are badgers in name only, and belong to a rather exclusive club, being the only members of the sub-family Mellivorinae (the true badgers belong to the subfamily Melinae).
		Last but by no means least, the American badger (Taxidea taxus) also has something of a reputation as a mean creature that is not to be tangled with.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/6332 (887 words)

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