Editing Badger (section)

== Distribution ==
Badgers are found in much of [[North America]], [[Great Britain]],<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Sleeman, D.P. |author2=Davenport, J. |author3=Cussen. R.E. |author4=Hammond, R.F. |name-list-style=amp | year=2009| title= The small-bodied badgers (''Meles meles'' (L.) of Rutland Island, Co. Donegal |journal=[[Irish Naturalists' Journal]] |volume=30| pages= 1–6| jstor=20764515}}</ref> [[Ireland]] and most of the rest of Europe as far north as southern [[Scandinavia]].<ref>Brink van den, F.H. (1967). ''A Field Guide to the Mammals of Britain and [[Europe]].'' Collins, London.</ref> They live as far east as [[Japan]], [[Korea]] and [[China]]. The Javan ferret-badger lives in [[Indonesia]],<ref name=iucnA>{{cite iucn |author=Duckworth, J.W. |author2=Shepherd, C. |author3=Rode-Margono, E.J. |author4=Wilianto, E. |author5=Spaan, D. |author6=Abramov, A.V. |date=2016 |title=''Melogale orientalis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T41697A45218557 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41697A45218557.en |access-date=12 November 2021}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient</ref> and the Bornean ferret-badger lives in [[Malaysia]].<ref name=iucnB>{{cite iucn |author=Wilting, A. |author2=Duckworth, J.W. |author3=Hearn, A. |author4=Ross, J. |date=2015 |title=''Melogale everetti'' |volume=2015 |page=e.T13110A45199541 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T13110A45199541.en |access-date=12 November 2021}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient.</ref> The honey badger is found in most of [[sub-Saharan Africa]], the [[Arabian Desert]], southern [[Levant]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Pakistan]] and [[India]].<ref name=iucnC>{{cite iucn |author=Do Linh San, E. |author2=Begg, C. |author3=Begg, K. |author4=Abramov, A.V. |date=2016 |title=''Mellivora capensis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T41629A45210107 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41629A45210107.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Meles anakuma 2016 07 10.webm|thumb|thumbtime=7|A [[Japanese badger]] walking around, 2016]]