Bdeogale

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Bdeogale
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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

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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

NameDistribution and IUCN Red List status
Bushy-tailed mongoose (B. crassicauda) Peters, 1852 [3]

Bushy-tailed mongoose - Snapshot Safari Ruaha1.jpg

Kenya and Tanzania
LC [4]

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Black-footed mongoose (B. nigripes) Pucheran, 1855 [5] Black-footed Mogoose area.png
LC [6]
Jackson's mongoose (B. jacksoni) (Thomas, 1894) [7] Jackson's Mongoose area.png
NT [8]
Sokoke dog mongoose (B. omnivora) Heller, 1914 [9] Kenya and Tanzania
VU [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Peters, W. (1850). "Bdeogale". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin: 94.
  2. ↑ Kingdon, J. (2015). "Bdeogale". The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (Second ed.). London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 441. ISBN   9781472925312.
  3. ↑ Peters, W. (1852). "Mittheilung über die in Mossambique beobachteten Mangusten". Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin: 81–82.
  4. ↑ 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 .
  5. ↑ Pucheran, J.P. (1855). "Les Mammifères de la côte occidental d'Afrique". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. 2. 7: 111.
  6. ↑ 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 .
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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 .
  9. ↑ Heller, E. (1914). "New antelopes and carnivores from British East Africa". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 61 (2240): 1–15.
  10. ↑ 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 .


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