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Badger characters are featured in author Brian Jacques' Redwall series (1986–2011), they are depicted as feared warriors most often falling under the title of Badger Lord or Badger Mother. A badger character is featured in The Immortals (1992–1996) by Tamora Pierce and "The Badger" is a comic book hero created by Mike Baron .
Mr. Badger, in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908), [4] [9] [10] [11] [7] and later sequels such as The Willows at Christmas by William Horwood [8] Mr. Badger, the main character in "Mr. Badger to the Rescue" [16] Old Brock, a badger from the tale of "El-ahrairah and the Lendri", and the lendri seen near the river (Ch 7), in ...
The American badger is a member of the Mustelidae, a diverse family of carnivorous mammals that also includes weasels, otters, ferrets, and the wolverine. [4] The American badger belongs to the Taxidiinae, one of four subfamilies of mustelid badgers – the other three being the Melinae (four species in two genera, including the European badger), the Helictidinae (five species of ferret ...
A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals.
ARG (41A: Country whose national sport is pato (Abbr.) Pato is a game played on horseback. It combines elements of polo and basketball. The word "pato" is Spanish for "duck." Early versions of the ...
Perameles, or ‘pouched badger’, is a hybrid word, from the Greek pera (πήρα, ‘pouch, bag’) and the Latin mēles (‘marten, badger’). [ 3 ] More than half the known recent species of Perameles have been driven to extinction , although these extinct species were long considered conspecific with P. bougainville , a 2018 study ...
Mephitidae is a family of mammals comprising the skunks and stink badgers.They are noted for the great development of their anal scent glands, which they use to deter predators.
The swamp dweller looks just like what the name would suggest. It was a very rodent-like marsupial, just about the size of a muskrat, that weighed up to two pounds. However, this size was actually ...