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On the trail of badgers in the Mendip hills
3 Jul 2009 at 8:11pm
If anyone can steer you within range of the elusive badger, or Meles meles , it is Natural Englan...
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3 Jul 2009 at 7:42pm
You might remember six years back Badger Mountain Elementary School caught on fire.
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3 Jul 2009 at 10:58am
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3 Jul 2009 at 8:03am
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Nyok Nyok
3 Jul 2009 at 7:20am
That Nat King Cole song sung in Japanese is all well and good, but my prize for best phonetic ren...
Judge dismisses charges in MySpace hoax death
3 Jul 2009 at 3:23am
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a criminal case against a woman who was charged with comput...
Hibbing Taconite closure extended until April
3 Jul 2009 at 1:16am
The Iron Range's beleaguered taconite industry got more bad news Thursday when Cliffs Natural Res...

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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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