Bdeogale
Sign in to saveBdeogale is a mongoose genus that was proposed by Wilhelm Peters in 1850 based on a mongoose specimen collected in Mozambique. 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyHerpestidae
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Bdeogale is a mongoose genus that was proposed by Wilhelm Peters in 1850 based on a mongoose specimen collected in Mozambique. 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.
== Species == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name !! Distribution and IUCN Red List status |- style="vertical-align: top;" |Bushy-tailed mongoose (B. crassicauda) frameless ||Kenya and Tanzania frameless |- style="vertical-align: top;" |Black-footed mongoose (B. nigripes) ||frameless |- style="vertical-align: top;" |Jackson's mongoose (B. jacksoni) ||frameless |- style="vertical-align: top;" |Sokoke dog mongoose (B. omnivora) ||Kenya and Tanzania |}