Badger

the popular name of any species of genus Meles of ‘the Arctoid family Must elide The carna ial tooth has a cutting edge, and lower jaw is articulated to the upper by means a transverse condyle, which locks firmly into a cavity of the skull, enabling these animals to their hold with the utmost tenacity, and dislocation of the jaw practically impos- The best known species is Meles taaus, the European Badger, indigenous in Britain, the largest native carnivore. From the snout the extremity of the tail the length is rather three feet; the head is long and pointed, body flat, and increasing in breadth towards hind-quarters, the legs so short that the coarse hair trails on the ground as the animal 324 walks, except and There stance nocturnal fruit, choosing which hole shy self conformation It ing, end the sport. language lenewrus, allied idea genus, smaller cidedly valued being American also Dachshund in Spain, velled Kgypt, countries. leon, French He died near to lawn in Badger-dog. ( 296 and the tail very short. The head is white, a black band on each side, the upper surface tail grey, and the under surface and legs black. is an anal pouch which secretes an oily sub of offensive odour. The Badger is a burrowing animal, feeding on roots, eggs, and smail mammals and reptiles, and the most solitary woods for its earth, has several chambers, and ends in a round well lined with dried gra . It is extremely and inoffensive, but if attacked will defend it stubbornly, biting fiercely and, from the peculiar of the jaws, holding on tenaciously. My, we f iO may YD Ma il a BADGER (Meles tar us). undergoes a partial hibernation, Badger-bait or purine # badger into a cask open at one and laid on its side, and setting dogs to draw poor beast out, was formerly a popular English It is now illegal, but has lett traces in the in the verb “to badger ”"—to worry. MM, M, chinensis, and M. anakuma are closely Asiatic species. ‘he American Badger (7azamericana) was formerly included in the same with the name Mf. labra doric a. It is rather than the European species and more decarnivorous in habit. Badgers are chiefly for their hair, that of the common badger used for making shaving brushes; that of the species is used for the same purpose and for artists’ brushes. Badger-dog, © translation of the German (q.v.); sometimes applied to terriers used driving badgers from their earths. Badia y Lablich, Domingo, born at Biscay, in 1766, after a course of special study train Mohammedan disguise as Ali Bey, visiting Tripoli, Syria, Arabia, and other oriental In 1807 he took service under Napoin the Peninsula, and on the expulsion of the fled to Paris, where he published his travels. was sent out to Syria as a French agent, and at Aleppo, perhaps of poison, in 1818.