The film is about a solitary Eurasian badger who just wants to get some sleep.

Eurasian badgers may live alongside red foxes in isolated sections of large burrows.

The diet of the Eurasian badger consists largely of earthworms, insects, and grubs.

Among mammals living in the Park are: red deer, roe deer, boar, red fox, grey wolf and eurasian badger.

Both foxes and Eurasian badgers compete with raccoon dogs for food, and have been known to kill them if raccoon dogs enter their burrows.

Along with the ibex, the animal species found in the park include ermine, weasel, hare, Eurasian badger, alpine chamois and maybe even wolf and lynx.

Japanese intellectuals used the character to signify tanuki, stray cats, wild boars, Eurasian badgers, weasels, and Japanese giant flying squirrels.

Fossils on exhibit include a saber-toothed cat, short-faced bear, ground sloth, rhinoceros, alligator, camel, shovel-tusked elephant, Eurasian badger, tapirs, and a red panda.

The valley also has a wide variety of small mammals with larger species including; Eurasian Badger (Meles meles) and Deer (Cervidae).

When mature, the berries are eaten and their seeds dispersed by several mammals, such as the red fox and the Eurasian badger, as well as by small birds.

Eight ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Badger, after the Eurasian Badger:

Wildlife include Eurasian Badger, Beech Marten, Least Weasel, Yellow-bellied Toad, Peregrine Falcon, Kingfisher and Pallid Swift.

The American badger belongs to the Taxidiinae, one of three subfamilies of badgers - the other two being the Melinae (9 species, including the Eurasian badger) and the Mellivorinae (honey badger).

The fifth major clade has two subclades: the first contains the hog-nosed and Eurasian badgers ('Arctonyx' and 'Meles') and a second contains the tayra, wolverine and martens ('Eira', 'Gulo' and 'Martes').

With the growth of popularity of fox-hunting in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries, terriers were extensively bred to follow the red fox, and also the Eurasian badger, into its underground burrow, referred to as "terrier work" and "going to ground".

Wolves, brown bear, wild boar, Eurasian Lynx, European Wildcat, chamois, Roe Deer and red deer, as well as small carnivore species such as Eurasian Badger and Eurasian otter populate the park.

Amongst fauna found in this ecoregion, the West European Hedgehog, Red Fox, Eurasian Badger, European Rabbit and Wood Mouse are relatively common, while the following are classed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List:

Other important European carnivores are Eurasian lynx, Iberian lynx (a distinct, yet critically endangered species), European wild cat, foxes (especially the red fox), European jackal, Stoat, Eurasian otter, European Mink, Eurasian Badger and different species of martens.