Badger (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Music 4 Fictional characters 5 Transport 6 Other uses

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

• Badger, Newfoundland and Labrador

UK

• Badger, Shropshire, 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