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
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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]
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