<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Badger ranges <P> Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) American badger (Taxidea taxus) European badger (Meles meles) Asian badger (Meles leucurus) Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) Chinese ferret - badger (Melogale moschata) Burmese ferret - badger (Melogale personata) Javan ferret - badger (Melogale orientalis) Bornean ferret - badger (Melogale everetti) </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) American badger (Taxidea taxus) European badger (Meles meles) Asian badger (Meles leucurus) Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) Chinese ferret - badger (Melogale moschata) Burmese ferret - badger (Melogale personata) Javan ferret - badger (Melogale orientalis) Bornean ferret - badger (Melogale everetti) </P> <P> Badgers are short - legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae, which also includes the otters, polecats, weasels, and wolverines . They belong to the caniform suborder of carnivoran mammals . The 11 species of badgers are grouped in three subfamilies: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (the honey badger or ratel), and Taxideinae (the American badger). The Asiatic stink badgers of the genus Mydaus were formerly included within Melinae (and thus Mustelidae), but recent genetic evidence indicates these are actually members of the skunk family, placing them in the taxonomic family Mephitidae . </P> <P> They include the species in the genera Arctonyx, Meles, Mellivora, Melogale and Taxidea . Badger mandibular condyles connect to long cavities in their skulls, giving resistance to jaw dislocation and increasing their bite grip strength, but in turn limiting jaw movement to hinging open and shut, or sliding from side to side but not the twisting movement possible for the jaws of most mammals . </P>

Is a wolverine the same as a badger