A website providing lots of information about badgers, their status in British Columbia, a project which aims to find out more about them, and a request for reports of badger sightings. Plus information on the Recovery Teams, and the problem of badgers and road traffic.
A PDF version of a superb leaflet on the American badger produced by the British Columbia Environment Dept. Features colour and monochrome illustrations.
This report provides an overview of badger biology, and a review of the status of the badger in Alberta and Canada generally. A PDF version is also available.
An in-depth, 10-page document on the American badger, with particular reference to its status in British Columbia, the threats to its survival there, and the conservation efforts that are required to save the species in that province.
Detailed information on the jacksoni subspecies of Taxidea taxus and its status and conservation in Ontario, Canada. With photos and a distribution map.
Detailed information on the jeffersonii subspecies of Taxidea taxus and its status and conservation in British Columbia, Canada. With photos and a distribution map.
A detailed and somewhat technical account of the American badger, with details of its classification, anatomy, dentition etc. Part of the Mammalian Species Accounts series produced by the American Society of Mammalogists.
A detailed account of the species on the Animal Diversity Web. Also linked pages with classification details, photos of the animal and its dens, and photos of the skull with two QuickTime VR Spinning Skulls movies.
This site consists of several pages full of links to badgery sites of US and British origin, plus pictures, a sound file, even a movie sequence of an American badger attacking the camera! The emphasis is on the American and European species, but the other badgers of the world feature too. Every page is presented with style and a great sense of humour - do go and visit.
A detailed page about the badger. In addition to detailed text, there are three photos (each one can be clicked on to go to a larger version), plus two sound files, an AVI movie (855k), and several links.
This site has been created by the President of Badger.Org in the USA. Lots of info on and pictures of the American and Eurasian badgers, and info on the other badger species too.
This is a section of the Index of Species Information on the Fire Effects Information Service website. Lots of data, under the following headings: Distribution and Occurrence, Biological Data and Habitat Requirements, Fire Effects and Use, and References.
This page provides useful information on the status and distribution of the badger in California, the habitats which it occupies, and also details of its dens.
Basic information including details of the distribution of the badger in Kansas. One colour and one black and white photo, plus an illustration of badger tracks.
This is a species account in a series entitled \'Distribution and Abundance of Predators that Affect Duck Production: Prairie Pothole Region\'. As well as giving details of the badger\s range and numbers, the article looks at the factors affecting these.
General information on the badger, with particular reference to its occurrence in Texas. There is a black and white photo, and a map of badger distribution in Texas can also be viewed.
A page on the State of Utah Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources website. Basic facts, a photograph, and a link to page with a distribution map for Utah.
The full title of this paper is \'Foods of American Badgers in West-central Minnesota and Southeastern North Dakota During the Duck Nesting Season\'. This is the home page of the online version of the paper, with links to 6 further web pages.
A fascinating article from National Wildlife magazine (Dec-Jan 1995) which looks at the relationship between the American badger and the coyote, the status of the badger in Illinois, and how the badger fares in contamination of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.
This page features several movie clips made from computed tomography images of a badger skull. There is also a still image, and a fair amount of supporting information and photos.
This page features four photos of the skull of Taxidea taxus - front, side, top and bottom views. Each photo can be clicked on to view a larger version.
This page features a photo of an American badger skull, and gives brief notes including the average skull length and the dental formula for the species. There is a link to a larger version of the photo.
If you found the American badger skull pictures interesting, then perhaps you would also like to see pictures of what the American badger keeps in its skull, courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Brain Collection!
