Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the weasel family, Mustelidae. The 11 types of badger are assembled in three subfamilies: Melinae Mellivorinae (the ratel) and Taxideinae (the American badger). The Asiatic Stink badgers of the sort Mydaus were in days of yore incorporated inside Melinae (and hence Mustelidae), however later hereditary confirmation shows the aforementioned are really parts of the skunk family, putting them in the taxonomic family Mephitidae.
They exist underground in tunnels they make by burrowing with each of the four feet, utilizing their long sharp paws to help in the burrow. They will likewise truly regularly discover a void tunnel remaining from prairie mutts or ground squirrels and possess it. The badger consumes squirrels, mice or different rodents, and will likewise consume bugs. They ordinarily nourish during the evening, and throughout the day will rest in their tunnels. They are fundamentally nighttime.