What is Badger?
{{Taxobox | name = Badger | image = Badger.jpg | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Carnivora]] | subordo = [[Caniformia]] | superfamilia = [[Musteloidea]] | familia = [[Mustelidae]] | subfamilia = [[Helictidinae]]<br />[[Melinae]]<br />[[Mellivorinae]]<br />[[American badger|Taxideinae]] | subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]] | subdivision = &nbsp;''[[Arctonyx]]''<br /> &nbsp;''[[Meles (genus)|Meles]]''<br /> &nbsp;''[[Mellivora]]'' <br /> &nbsp;''[[Melogale]]''<br /> &nbsp;''[[Mydaus]]'' (Family [[Mephitidae]]) &nbsp;''[[Taxidea]]'' | range_map = Badger species map.png | range_map_caption = Mustelid badger ranges {{Leftlegend|#ffce00|[[Honey badger]] (''Mellivora capensis'')|size=60%|outline=white}} {{Leftlegend|#bc000f|[[American badger]] (''Taxidea taxus'')|size=60%|outline=white}} {{Leftlegend|#008f8f|[[European badger]] (''Meles meles'')|size=60%|outline=white}} {{Leftlegend|#009800|[[Asian badger]] (''Meles leucurus'')|size=60%|outline=white}} {{Leftlegend|#84f500|[[Japanese badger]] (''Meles anakuma'')|size=60%|outline=white}} {{Leftlegend|#0000ff|[[Chinese ferret-badger]] (''Melogale moschata'')|size=60%|outline=white}} {{Leftlegend|#1200b7|[[Burmese ferret-badger]] (''Melogale personata'')|size=60%|outline=white}} {{Leftlegend|#1a85f1|[[Javan ferret-badger]] (''Melogale orientalis'')|size=60%|outline=white}} {{Leftlegend|#8d00c7|[[Bornean ferret-badger]] (''Melogale everetti'')|size=60%|outline=white}} }} '''Badgers''' are short-legged [[mammal|mammals]] found across [[Europe]], [[Africa]], [[North America]] and [[Asia]]. == Physical description == Badgers have wide [[body|bodies]], with short [[leg]]s for [[wikt:dig|dig]]ging.<ref>James C. Halfpenny, ''A Field Guide to Mammal Tracking in Western America'' (Boulder: Johnson Books, 1986), p. 87</ref> They have long [[weasel|weasel-like]] [[head]]s with small [[ear]]s. Their [[tail]]s vary in length depending on [[species]]. They have black [[face]]s with [[wikt:white|white]] [[marking]]