Badger

Badger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Superfamily:	Musteloidea
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Helictidinae; Melinae; Mellivorinae; Taxideinae
Genera
	Arctonyx; Meles; Mellivora ; Melogale; Mydaus (Family Mephitidae) Taxidea;
	Mustelid badger ranges Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) American badger (Taxidea taxus) European badger (Meles meles) Asian badger (Meles leucurus) Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata) Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale personata) Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis) Bornean ferret-badger (Melogale everetti)

Badgers are short-legged mammals found across Europe, Africa, North America and Asia.