| Bdeogale | |
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| Drawing, 1850 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Subfamily: | Herpestinae |
| Genus: | Bdeogale Peters, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Bdeogale crassicauda Peters, 1850
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| Species | |
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see text | |
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| 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
Species
| Name | Distribution and IUCN Red List status |
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| Bushy-tailed mongoose (B. crassicauda) Peters, 18523
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Kenya and Tanzania LC4
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| Black-footed mongoose (B. nigripes) Pucheran, 18555 |  LC6 |
| Jackson's mongoose (B. jacksoni) (Thomas, 1894)7 |  NT8 |
| Sokoke dog mongoose (B. omnivora) Heller, 19149 | Kenya and Tanzania VU10 |
References
References
- Peters, W. (1850). "Bdeogale". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin: 94.
- Kingdon, J. (2015). "Bdeogale". The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (Second ed.). London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 441. ISBN 978-1-4729-2531-2.
- Peters, W. (1852). "Mittheilung über die in Mossambique beobachteten Mangusten". Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin: 81–82.
- White, P.A.; Fischer, C.; Hausser, Y.; Foley, C.; Do Linh San, E. (2016). "Bdeogale crassicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T41591A97163568. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41591A97163568.en.
- Pucheran, J.P. (1855). "Les Mammifères de la côte occidental d'Afrique". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. 2. 7: 111.
- Angelici, F.M.; Do Linh San, E. (2015). "Bdeogale nigripes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T41592A45205243. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41592A45205243.en.
- Thomas, O. (1894). "On a new African Genus of Mustelidae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 6. 13 (78): 522–524.
- De Luca, W.; Rovero, F.; Do Linh San, E. (2015). "Bdeogale jacksoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T2675A45196818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T2675A45196818.en.
- Heller, E. (1914). "New antelopes and carnivores from British East Africa". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 61 (2240): 1–15.
- Foley, C.; Do Linh San, E. (2016). "Bdeogale omnivora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T136686A45221619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136686A45221619.en.