Bdeogale | |
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Drawing, 1850 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Herpestidae |
Subfamily: | Herpestinae |
Genus: |
Bdeogale Peters, 1850 |
Type species | |
Bdeogale crassicauda Peters, 1850
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Species | |
see text | |
Bdeogale crassicauda - blue Bdeogale jacksoni - violet Bdeogale nigripes - green |
Bdeogale is a mongoose genus that was proposed by Wilhelm Peters in 1850 based on a mongoose specimen collected in Mozambique. [1] Bdeogale species have compact paws with four symmetrical toes, round ears and a blunt muzzle with a broad round and bare rhinarium. The genus contains four species that are primarily terrestrial and omnivorous and forage in dense vegetation. [2]
Name | Distribution and IUCN Red List status |
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Bushy-tailed mongoose (B. crassicauda) Peters, 1852
[3] |
Kenya and Tanzania LC [4] |
Black-footed mongoose (B. nigripes) Pucheran, 1855 [5] |
LC [6] |
Jackson's mongoose (B. jacksoni) (Thomas, 1894) [7] |
NT [8] |
Sokoke dog mongoose (B. omnivora) Heller, 1914 [9] | Kenya and Tanzania VU [10] |