Badger (disambiguation)
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Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies:
- Eurasian Badger found across Europe and Asia
- American Badger found in North America
- Ratel or honey badger found in Africa and Asia
Badger may also refer to:
[edit] Places
Australia
- Badger Island, Tasmania
- Little Badger Island, Tasmania
Canada
UK
USA
- Badger, California, US
- Badger, Iowa, US
- Badger, Minnesota, US
- Badger, South Dakota, US
- Wisconsin, US, "The Badger State"
- Wisconsin Badgers, the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Bucky Badger, mascot of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
[edit] People
- Len Badger, English footballer for Sheffield United 1962–1976
- Ruth Badger, British reality television contestant and TV presenter
- Steve Badger, American poker player
[edit] Music
- Badger (band), an early 1970s rock band featuring Tony Kaye
- Badger, an album by the Figgs
[edit] Fictional characters
- Badger (comics), a comic book character and series created in 1982
- Badger (Firefly), a minor character from the American TV show Firefly
- Badger (Farthing Wood), a character from the animated children's television series The Animals of Farthing Wood
- Bill Badger, a character from Bill Badger and the Pirates by Denys Watkins-Pitchford
[edit] Transport
- S.S. Badger, an auto/passenger ferry operating on Lake Michigan
- Tupolev Tu-16, NATO codename Badger, a Soviet twin-engine jet bomber
- Badger Armoured Engineering Vehicle, a Canadian Combat engineering vehicle based on the Leopard tank
- British Rail Class 89, nicknamed "The Badger", an electric locomotive developed by British Rail
[edit] Other uses
- Badger (person), an archaic English term for a dealer in food
- Badger Badger Badger or Badgers, one of Weebl's cartoons
- Badger Ales, beers brewed by Hall & Woodhouse
- Breezy Badger, a code name for version 5.10 of the Linux software Ubuntu
- Badger Books, a British paperback imprint of the 1950s and 60s
- Bodger and Badger, an English children's television programme