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Badgers jump in rankings after weekend wins over SMU, UIC
9 Feb 2010 at 12:43am
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Former Badger Drewiske returns from injury
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Badger men move up to No. 11 in AP poll
8 Feb 2010 at 10:55pm
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Lake Geneva Badger falls in Dubuque tournament
8 Feb 2010 at 10:05pm
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ROUNDUP
8 Feb 2010 at 9:57pm
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Rothschild board to take up contract talks
8 Feb 2010 at 7:33pm
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Badger Conference: WOW
8 Feb 2010 at 6:38pm
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UW-Badger band is coming here, get ready for some real excitement
6 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
For many, it's the best part of a Badger football Saturday, and it's coming to Antigo in one week.
Saskatoon police looking for missing girl, 13
8 Feb 2010 at 2:56pm
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Badger:
Badger is the common name for a specific group of carnivorous mammals, which belong to the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, otters, ferrets, wolverines, and relatives. There are eight species of badger, in three subfamilies: Melinae (badgers of Europe and Asia – see links in species list below), Mellivorinae (the Ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (the American badger). The Asiatic stink badgers of the genus Mydaus were formerly included in the Melinae, but recent genetic evidence indicates that these are actually relatives of the skunks (family Mephitidae).

Typical badgers (Meles, Arctonyx, Taxidea and Mellivora species) are short-legged and heavy-set. The lower jaw is articulated to the upper by means of a transverse condyle firmly locked into a long cavity of the cranium, so that dislocation of the jaw is all but impossible. This enables the badger to maintain its hold with the utmost tenacity, but limits its jaw movement to hingeing opening and shutting or sliding from side to side.


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