Badger
Badgers are several species of medium sized mustelid carnivores, the Eurasian badger (Meles meles), the North American badger, both grey with striped black and white heads, and the Honey badger or Ratel of Africa. The dire badger is a large savage variety occasionally encountered in role-playing games.
Badgers are carnivorous upon small animals such as rodents, moles and hegehogs. Thy live in elaborate underground burrow complexes called setts.
Badgers are commonly blamed by farmers for spreading bovine tuberculosis, although the disease is generally spread by uncontrolled livestock movements.
Badger hairs are sought after for making shaving-brushes.
Badgers in the Bible
(According to the King James Version) the tabernacle in which Ark of the Covenant was kept included badger skins in its construction:
And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. Exodus 36:19, (KJV)
(Some versions of the Bible (e.g. the NIV) state here that the hides of sirenians were used however.)