Bdeogale
| Bdeogale | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Genus: |
Bdeogale Peters, 1850 |
| Species | |
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Bdeogale crassicauda - blue Bdeogale jacksoni - violet Bdeogale nigripes - green |
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Bdeogale is a genus of three species of mongoose native to the rainforests of central Africa and western Africa. They are primarily terrestrial and insectivorous.
The Sokoke bushy-tailed mongoose, Bdeogale omnivora, is sometimes treated as a subspecies of B. crassicauda, but is treated as a separate species by the IUCN.
The IUCN Red List lists B. jacksoni as vulnerable, and B. crassicauda as endangered, due largely to habitat loss and fragmentation.
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