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American badger (Taxidea taxus): Links (Part 2)

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Photos / pictures


Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Natural Images Photography: Badger
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 Check out this superb photo of an American badger by Kevin Railsback, and click on the \'NEXT\' button to see a great shot of an American badger cub.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Don Baccus: Badger
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 Some great pictures can be found within the website of Jim Baccus. The site is devoted to Jim\'s superb wildlife photographs, which include 2 great shots of a young badger photographed at the entrance of a den in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon. Clicking on the photos brings up even larger versions of the shots.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail PLH Photos: Badger
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 An excellent picture of Taxidea taxus, with a little text, from Phil and Loretta Hermann.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Gallery Archives 1999
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 This page includes a picture of an American badger by David Dahms and the story of how he came to take it.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail North American Badger
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 A photograph of a badger emerging from its den, by Tupper Ansel Blake. This is the archived version of the web page, on the Wayback Machine website.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail American Badger
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 American badgers have a reputation for being mean, but they have a rarely seen softer side. The patient photographer can catch them stopping to smell the flowers, as with the badger in the photo on this web page.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Badgers - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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 A super photo by Don Getty, of a mother badger and her cub.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Badgers - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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 Another badger photo by Don Getty.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail eNature.com: American Badger
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 A photo by Jeanne White.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail North American Badger
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 A photo of a badger emerging from its den and some basic information on the species.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Fotosearch: Badger photos and images
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 This is the first of two pages featuring 19 images - and 3 movie clips - of American badgers. Along with a few images of Badger Pass, the Tu-16 Badger military aircraft, and a polecat mistakenly labelled as a European badger!

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail CritterZone: American Badger, Taxidea taxus
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 A great gallery featuring some impressive photos of the American badger.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail AGPix: Search results for badger
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 This link will generate a page of photos held by AGPix which contain the word badger in their descriptions. Most - but not all - are super photos of the American badger.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Inmagine: Badger photos
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 This link will generate a page of American badger photos held by Inmagine.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Daisy the badger by Sara E. Ball
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 A head-on photo of a rather ferocious-looking badger.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Fierce badger by Jim Miotke
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 The snarl says it all - do not get any closer!

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Badger in soft light by Jim Miotke
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 A close up view of the business-end of a badger. This one is not snarling - but it is probably thinking about snarling!

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Badger in dappled light (1) by Jim Miotke
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 A great photo of a badger on the BetterPhoto.com website.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Badger in dappled light (2) by Jim Miotke
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 The same badger as in the previous link, but closer to the camera this time.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Badger Photo
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 A cracking photo of a badger, peering at the camera from its hole.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Badger
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 A photograph of an badger emerging from its den in Arizona.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Badger Photos
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 The 8 badger photos on this page can all be clicked on to see larger versions.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail American animals: Badger
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 A photo of a badger in some tall grass.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Wild Eyes Photo Galleries: Badger - Mister B
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 Mr B lives at Wild Eyes Animal & Photo Adventures in Montana. This page features several photographs of Mr B taken by guests.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
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 A photograph of an American badger with Autumn leaves in the foreground.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Look at CLAWS . . .
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 A great photograph of an American badger with, as the title suggests, the enormous digging claws prominent.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Angry Badger
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 A superb photo of a rather mean-looking American badger.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail NHPA: Badger photos
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 This link will search the files of the Natural History Photographic Agency for all their badger photos. Mostly they are of the Eurasian and American badgers, but there are a few honey badgers too and even a hog badger. The images include many superb photos by leading wildlife photographers.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Biodiversity Conservation Alliance: Badger
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 A nice photo of a badger close to its den.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail FLPA: Badger photos
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 This link will search the files of FLPA for all their badger photos. Most of them depict the Eurasian badger, quite a few show the American badger, some feature the honey badger and there are one or two hog badger and ferret badger images.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Wild Utah: Badger Cub
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 A superb close up shot of a badger cub poking its head out of its den. There were three cubs in all, and photographer Nicky Davis heard them play fighting inside the burrow.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Western Wildlife Conservancy: Photo gallery
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 This photo gallery presents images of mammals native to the western USA, including the badger. All images can be clicked on to view larger versions.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail FLPA American badger photos
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 This link generates the first of two pages of American badger photographs held by the Frank Lane Photographic Agency. Each photo can be clicked on the view a larger version.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Animal Pictures Archive: American badger
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 A great photo of an American badger among wildflowers.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail A badger (Taxidea taxus ) in the wild
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 A photo on the Rocky Mountain National Park website.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Whispering Spirit Images: Badger
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 Three small badger photos, each of which can be clicked on to view a larger version. Each photo shows two badgers outside a den.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Ken Timm Photography: Badger
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 A great photo of a rather unfriendly looking American badger. Do these guys ever smile for the camera?!?

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Round Valley Badger
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 A large photo of a badger, which was attracted with a commercial carnivore attractant.

Image: Paw print / ThumbnailImage file Badger
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 A huge photo of a badger, baring its teeth at the photographer. I don\'t think that\'s a smile . . .

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Franz Foto Nature and Wildlife Photography: Badger
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 A superb photo of a badger standing at the entrance to its den, in Colorado.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail FranzFoto.com: Badger bringing predated ground squirrel to den
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 An amazing photo of a badger on the move in Wyoming, carrying food back to its kits.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail FranzFoto.com: Baby badgers at den
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 Three young badgers at the entrance to their den, waiting for mum to return with dinner.

Other links


Image: Paw print / Thumbnail American badger
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 A super-looking page with good photos and brief but informative text. Ideal for kids.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Badger
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 A page on the Chihuahuan Desert website. One clickable picture (the larger version is superb!), a distribution map, and fairly detailed text.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Death Valley: Badger - Taxidea taxus
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 A good, basic account of the badger, with three super photos.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail American Badgers
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 A detailed site, although strangely all the photos are of the Eurasian badger rather than the American species. From the home page you can access pages on the conservation and breeding biology of Taxidea taxus. Lots of links.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Badgers Badgers and More Badgers
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 Steve Burnett has a personal website containing a page about his favourite animal, the badger. This includes material on the Eurasian and American species, with links to some supplementary pages including images, and links to pages elsewhere on the Web.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Texas Parks and Wildlife: Badger
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 A page on the Texas Parks and Wildlife website.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail American Badger
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 One photo and a fair amount of text.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail One Sunny Afternoon
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 Part of the Coe Park Nature Corner website. Photo and a story of a personal encounter with a badger.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail The North American Badger
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 An article in the Nevada State Museum Newsletter Volume XXIX, Number 1, January/February 2001.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Taxidea taxus (American Badger)
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 Basic information on the description, range, habitat, diet, ecology and reproduction of the badger is given here. There are links to two large (and rather grainy) photos, and to a map showing the distribution of the badger in Idaho.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail bcAdventure.com: Badger
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 This account of the American badger on the British Columbia Adventure Network website is illustrated with the standard Corel badger photo and a drawing of badger tracks.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Alberta's Watchable Wildlife: Badger
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 This page on the Alberta Government Sustainable Resource Development website looks at the badger very much as a member of the weasel family, with links to supplementary pages which look at the lifestyle, food and management of the weasels.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Illinois Dept of Natural Resources: Badger
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 A contribution from Illinois, featuring a line drawing of the badger and a map showing its distribution across North America.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Wind Cave National Park: Badger
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 Beneath a photo of the badger\'s distinctive face is a short article about the species. If you click on the title, Badger, you are taken to a second page, with another photo and a fact file.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail American badger
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 Jim Rible provides the basics on badger biology, ecology and behaviour, and also answers the question: \'Why is it called a badger?\'.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Sevilleta LTER Data: American Badger
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 A page on the website of the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Program at the University of New Mexico.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Badger
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 Are you prepared for this? There is a Handbook for Virtual Cub Scout Leaders on the Web. Within it, there is a page on the badger, featuring the standard Corel photo of the species, a picture of badger tracks, notes on the natural history of the badger, plus a sound clip - which sounds distinctly like Meles meles cubs!

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Wildlife Diorama: Badger Exhibit
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 A museum diorama featuring Taxidea taxus, at the Dallas Museum of Natural History website.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Photos
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 This page provide a list of links to various photos and movies. Just under \'Palm Springs Desert Museum 2002\' you will see a link entitled \'Hungry Badger\'. Click on the link to download a movie showing a captive badger at the Desert Museum - and its reaction when a visitor accidentally drops their glasses into its enclosure!

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail American Badger
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 This is a small page on a section of the National Geographic website entitled Underdogs: Prairie Dogs at Home. It looks at the badger as a predator of the prairie dog. There is also a Real Audio sound clip which you can play.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Living Landscapes: Badger
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 Part of a website about the Columbia Basin in British Columbia, Canada. Includes data on the distribution of and threats to badgers in the province.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail MountainNature.com: Badger
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 Some basic information about the badger. At the bottom of the page you can click a button to search for recent badger sightings in the Rockies. When I tried this, the resulting page said "No sightings have been recorded for this animal yet".

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail A Field Guide to the Prairie: Badger
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 In addition to some brief information, this page features a photo of a badger with its prey.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Carnivore: American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
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 A photo of a badger at Pocatello Zoo, with some basic information about the species.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail VancouverIsland.com: Badger (Taxidea taxus)
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 The brief text on this page focuses mainly on the status of the badger in British Columbia.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Mammal's Den: American badger
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 Brief information and a photo.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Tonto National Monument: Badger
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 A brief description and a photograph. If you are ever in the Tonto area, badgers are sometimes seen in the vicinity of Route 188.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Os Texugos do Mundo: nove espécies, um nome
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 A detailed article, with several photos taken from other websites, on the badgers of the world. After an introduction covering badgers in general, it gives brief accounts the Eurasian, American, hog, stink, ferret and honey badgers.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Amerikansk grævling
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 This page provides information about the distribution, appearance, measurements, habits, reproduction, diet and lifespan of the American badger.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail [American badger]
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 A basic account of the badger is accompanied by a photo of the species, and links to pages about the Eurasian and hog badgers.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail World of Animals: Silberdachs
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 This page gives brief details of the description, diet, and habits of the American badger, or silver badger as it is known in German. At the bottom of the page there is the facility to send an MMS message or an e-mail to a friend, to tell them about this web page.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Tasso
Language: Italian   Ref: x251   Added May 30th 2005Back to top
 Basic information on the Eurasian and American badgers, with a photo of the Eurasian species.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Tasso americano
Language: Italian   Ref: w380-04   URL updated May 30th 2005Back to top
 A short write-up is accompanied by a photo with a rather greenish tinge to it.

Image: Paw print / Thumbnail Dachse
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 Brief details of all the true badger species and their various German names, with a photo of the Eurasian badger.
More links . . .
Image: Eurasian badger. Copyright Steve Jackson.Go toEurasian badger
Image: Hog badger. Copyright Smith Sutibut / Bangkok Post.Go toHog badger
Image: Ferret badger. Copyright Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department, Hong Kong.Go toFerret badgers
Image: Stink badger. Copyright Peter Widmann.Go toStink badgers
Image: Honey badger. Copyright wildwatch.comGo toHoney badger


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