| 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 | |
| Species | |
see text | |
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| Bdeogale crassicauda - blue Bdeogale jacksoni - violet Bdeogale nigripes - green | |
Bdeogale is amongoosegenus that was proposed byWilhelm Peters in 1850 based on a mongoose specimen collected inMozambique.[1]Bdeogalespecies have compact paws with four symmetrical toes, round ears and a blunt muzzle with a broad round and barerhinarium. The genus contains four species that are primarily terrestrial andomnivorous and forage in dense vegetation.[2]
| Name | Distribution andIUCN Red List status |
|---|---|
| Bushy-tailed mongoose (B. crassicauda)Peters, 1852[3]
| Kenya and Tanzania LC[4]
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| 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] |
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