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	Badger Info - Species Information - American Badger - Taxidea taxus
		Badger holes tend to be the shape of a capital 'D', with the flat side downwards, and are at least 20 cms (8 inches) wide.
		Eurasian badger group territories may be as small as 37 acres or, in moorland, as large as 3,700 acres.
		Injured or orphaned badgers should be looked after at an animal hospital and if possible released back to the wild; if such an animal is found advice should be sought from a local badger group or the RSPCA as expert knowledge is required.
	www.badgerinfo.com /eurasianbadger.html (1247 words)

	Badger (animal) - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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.
		Eurasian Badgers are nocturnal, omnivorous and territorial, but can be found in groups (called clans) of up to 12, living in extensive underground homes called setts.
		Badgers are popular with the general public, if not with farmers, and societies exist to protect the species.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Badgers (1122 words)

	Eurasian badger Meles meles With their striking facial markings
		Eurasian badgers are easily recognisable by the conspicuous fl and white stripes running from the nose to the shoulders.
		Eurasian badgers are nocturnal and emerge from their setts at dusk.
		Badgers inhabit underground burrows called setts which consist of several chambers, passages and entrances and are used by successive generations of badgers.
	www.diggingout.org /body-animals.htm (970 words)

	Eurasian badger (Meles meles): About badger baiting
		Sadly, it is the badger's tenacity, its apparent ability to absorb almost any punishment and still go on fighting, which has made it a target for people who get their kicks from inflicting cruelty upon animals, even today.
		The badger, which may first be partially disabled by being beaten over the head with a spade, or by having its jaw broken or its legs chained, is placed in a baiting pit or some other makeshift arena.
		The badger meanwhile is attacked repeatedly, the dogs biting mostly around its head, holding on and trying to shake the animal as they would a rat.
	www.badgers.org.uk /badgerpages/eurasian-badger-11.html (723 words)

	Badger: Waterscape.com
		Badgers have made their home in Britain for thousands of years, surviving the extinction of other native species such as cave bear, wild boar and wolves.
		A badger's sett is a labyrinthine underground structure of tunnels and nesting chambers.
		Badgers have an unusual reproductive system which delays the birth of cubs until the temperature and food supply are at their best.
	www.waterscape.com /features/wildlife/badger.html (468 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)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- Eurasian Badger (Meles meles) facts and pictures
		Badgers have distinct markings on their heads; the majority of their face is white, with two fl stripes, one on each side of the head, running laterally across the face, from the nose, over the eyes, to the base of the ears.
		Badgers within a clan fight occasionally, with fighting increasing during the breeding season and in areas of high population density.
		Badger hair has been used to make paint brushes, and in some parts of their range, their skins are used for rugs.
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=201 (1824 words)

	Wildlifeonline - Natural History of the European Badger
		The study also found that in regions with warm climates, badgers were active throughout the year, with change in overall body mass; in areas with bitter winters badgers increased their body mass two-fold from spring to autumn, and underwent torpor for as long as six months.
		Badgers will actively predate rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in parts of their range -- which are neatly skinned, leaving only the stomach and caecum -- and are one of two British hedgehog-eaters (the other being the Red Fox); foxes tend to eat the skin of the Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), while badgers leave it.
		Male badgers covered a roughly equal proportion of their territory during all seasons, but moved faster, over greater distances and covered larger areas per period of activity in the winter, when they were seeking mating opportunities and defending their mates from interlopers (mate guarding).
	www.wildlifeonline.me.uk /european_badger.html (14647 words)

	Carter Ecological - Badger Protection
		The Eurasian Badger belongs to the Mustelid family and is related to the Otter (Lutra lutra), Weasel (Mustela nivalis), Stoat (Mustela erminea), Pine Marten (Martes martes) and Polecat (Mustela putorius).
		Badgers are predominantly nocturnal, using a network of setts as daytime cover and for breeding purposes.
		Badgers prefer to excavate setts in woodland, hedgerows or scrub, though they can be found in a wide variety of habitats, provided the soil is relatively easy to dig.
	www.carterecological.co.uk /badger.html (911 words)

	South Yorkshire Badger Group
		Badgers are omnivorous and eat a wide variety of foods such as earthworms, beetles and fruit.
		The SYBG was formed in the summer of 1985 and aims to protect the Badger and its environment throughout South Yorkshire.
		The South Yorkshire Badger Group is a Charitable Organisation and relies on donations to continue the work of protecting the Badger.
	www.sybadgergroup.f9.co.uk (643 words)

	Spanish badgers
		Badgers are found throughout mainland Spain from the green forests of the Cantabrica to the semi-desert scrubs of Almeria, but are absent from the Canaries and the Balearics.
		Badger presence/absence in forest fragments was studied in relation to: forest size, isolation and vegetation structure.
		Badgers are asymmetric in their access to reproduction (dominant individuals being the ones that reproduce), but little information exists about the extent of intragroup trophic competition.
	www.iberianature.com /material/badger.htm (1855 words)

	The Badger Site
		The Eurasian (or European) badger is distributed widely throughout Europe and Asia, ranging from the British Isles in the West to Japan in the East.
		Badgers will also stay in setts for long periods during the winter, utilising the stores of fat in their bodies.
		Licensed badger culling is a controversial issue and more information can be found from the links page.
	www.garethgriffiths.co.uk /badger/eu_badger.html (296 words)

	ANIMAL Teachers: Warm-Blooded Ones: Eurasian Badger
		Eurasian Badger (Meles meles) is a “true badger.” Eurasian Badger lives with his clan in a large underground network of burrows (called a sett).
		Eurasian Badger is also known for being a creature of habit.
		Eurasian Badger picture copyrighted by Allan Bantick, who managers Strathspey Badger Hide and assists with the monitoring and protection of badgers in Scotland.
	www.funkman.org /animal/mammal/eurasianbadger.html (466 words)

	The Eurasian Badger
		Badgers are omnivores and a tasty earthworm or juicy bulb will satisfy their hunger along with small mammals, lizards, frogs, insects or young rabbits and birds.
		The Eurasian Badger also possesses a gland under the base of its tail, which gives of a slightly better musky scent that can be used in communication and scent marking each other.
		Badgers in Britain have in past times been threatened by badger-baiting, a sport in which the badger was attacked by a succession of dogs until it was no longer able to fight and resulted in death.
	www.wildlifebritain.com /theeurasianbadger.php (659 words)

	badger
		The Eurasian common badger Meles meles is about 1 m/3 ft long, with long, coarse, greyish hair on the back, and a white face with a broad fl stripe along each side.
		The American badger Taxidea taxus is slightly smaller than the Eurasian badger, and lives in open country in North America.
		Various species of hog badger, ferret badger, and stink badger occur in South and East Asia, the last having the well-developed anal scent glands characteristic of the weasel family.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007423.html (378 words)

	about badgers
		Most badgers have a striped fl and white face with small white-tipped ears and grey body, though their fur can become stained by the local soil.
		It was estimated that the badgers had excavated 25 tonnes of soil throughout the years to create this complex.
		Badgers specialise in eating earthworms, though studies have shown a variety of foods are eaten throughout the year, such as insects, amphibians, small mammals, carrion, cereals, fruit, and fungi.
	www.badger-killers.co.uk /about_badgers.html (1067 words)

	Classification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The name badger was given to the honey badger because of its superficial resemblance to the Eurasian badger, but the two species are not closely related and the honey badger is the only representative of a separate subfamily in which it is the only species.
		Many subspecies of honey badgers have been described, mostly determined by pelage variations, but the majority of these subspecies are disputed by zoologists.
		The honey badger's pelage, particularly the colour of the gray mantle and white stripe is highly variable and changes with age.
	www.honeybadger.com /FactFile/Classification.htm (171 words)

	Animal Planet :: Badgers Starving
		Their desperate digging is resulting in an unprecedented number of complaints from the public about badgers in their gardens.
		Badgers there only produced 12 cubs in 2003 — the lowest number for 28 years.
		The National Federation of Badger Groups has produced a new booklet for gardeners explaining why badgers are causing so many problems this year and how to help prevent badgers from starving in the prolonged drought.
	animal.discovery.com /news/briefs/20030818/badgers.html (576 words)

	The Hindu : Badge of courage
		A badger is a short stout mammal with powerful front claws for digging and has a striking fl and white face.
		To badger someone would mean that you are constantly doing something to a person that probably annoys him or her.
		The striking markings and the badger's courage in defending itself could have led people to think in terms of a knightly "badge." "Brock" is a British word that refers to badgers and it is thought to have a Celtic origin.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/yw/2002/02/16/stories/2002021600020100.htm (569 words)

	Norfolk Badgers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The badger is a social creature and lives in groups called clans, some of these groups can be quite large.
		Badgers live in a complex of underground tunnels and chambers known as setts, some of these setts can be extensive and cover a large area.
		In the past the badger was heavily culled in the pursuit of protecting game, and the population in Norfolk was greatly reduced.
	www.badger-groups.org.uk /norfolk/index.html (424 words)

	Eurasian, or Old World badger
		The Name "Badger": "Badger" is of unknown origin, although it might be related to the word "badge," as its markings could look like a "badge." This seems a long stretch, however.
		On the sides of the white head there are fl stripes which run over the eyes as far as the ears.
		Or go to the Badger Index to study other badgers.
	www.americazoo.com /goto/index/mammals/281.htm (295 words)

	contents
		Badgers are social mammals often living in groups of between 3 and 20 individuals and defending territories.....
		Badger setts are usually found in woodland, typically with sandy soils, on a slope and close to permanent pasture......
		The Eurasian badger has a wide diet, with earthworms often being a main staple, supplemented with other invertebrates, rodents, birds eggs, hedgehogs, cereals and fruit.......
	www.badgerecology.org /WPcontents.htm (174 words)

	Boreal Forests of the World Mammal Species - Eurasian Badger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The badger's most important food is earthworms, which are caught on pasture or in deciduous woodland, especially on wet nights.
		Carrion is eaten by badgers living in upland areas; predation of farm livestock is rare.
		Badgers live in social groups of four to 12 adults.
	www.borealforest.org /world/mammals/eurasian_badger.htm (220 words)

	Badger Movies
		"Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae".
		The collective name for a group of badgers is a "cete".
		Also known as brocks, they are one of the UK's favourite mammals" Video clip of eurasian badger in its natural habitat.
	www.junglewalk.com /video/Badger-movie.htm (94 words)

	Eurasian Badger
		Combined head and body length is between 550 and 900 millimeters and the tail length is 115 to 200 millimeters.
		The back of the badger is usually grey while the underside and limbs are fl.
		Badgers have a mixed diet of insects, small mammals and reptiles but also fruit and other plant matter.
	www.wild-natures.com /meles_meles.html (225 words)

	Eurasian badger (Meles meles): Links in English (Part 2)
		A collection of six badger photos, each of which can be clicked on to view a larger version.
		A two-page fact sheet on the badger, with particular reference to its occurrence and conservation status in County Durham.
		Facts on the diet and habits of badgers, with sketches of a badger, fox and badger prints, and a good drawing of a badger sett in cross section.
	www.badgers.org.uk /links/eurasian-badger-2.html (1256 words)

	BADGER DIGGING IN THE ALLIER DÉPARTMENT OF FRANCE
		There are signs that the badger, particularly as a consequence of this macabre sport, is in an unfavourable state of conservation.
		The situation in Allier is not precisely known but, in case of doubt, the badger should be protected from such activities.
		The Eurasian Badger Melus melus is protected in several European countries.
	www.proact-campaigns.net /mammalcampaigns/badger_hunt_france.html (914 words)

	Eurasian badger (Meles meles): Eurasian badger home page
		Eurasian badger (Meles meles): Eurasian badger home page
		The Eurasian badger lives in Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe and Asia, and Japan.
		The Eurasian badger photo used at the head of this page is © Steve Jackson.
	www.badgers.org.uk /badgerpages/eurasian-badger.html (356 words)

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