Biology:Bdeogale

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Short description: Genus of carnivores

Bdeogale
Bdeogale crassicauda.jpg
Drawing, 1850
Scientific classification e
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

see text

Bdeogale range.png
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
Bushy-tailed mongoose (B. crassicauda) Peters, 1852[3]

Bushy-tailed mongoose - Snapshot Safari Ruaha1.jpg

Kenya and Tanzania
LC[4]

Bushy-tailed Mongoose area.png

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]

References

  1. Peters, W. (1850). "Bdeogale". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin: 94. https://archive.org/details/sitzungsberichte59gese/page/94/mode/1up. 
  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. https://books.google.com/books?id=p1hMCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA441. 
  3. Peters, W. (1852). "Mittheilung über die in Mossambique beobachteten Mangusten". Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin: 81–82. https://archive.org/details/berichtberdiez52berl/page/81/mode/1up. 
  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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41591/97163568. 
  5. Pucheran, J.P. (1855). "Les Mammifères de la côte occidental d'Afrique". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. 2 7: 111. https://archive.org/details/revueetmagasinde07soci/page/111/mode/1up. 
  6. Angelici, F. M.; Do Linh San, E. (2015). "Bdeogale nigripes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T41592A45205243. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41592/45205243. 
  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. https://archive.org/details/s6annalsmagazine13londuoft/page/522/mode/2up. 
  8. De Luca, W.; Rovero, F.; Do Linh San, E. (2015). "Bdeogale jacksoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T2675A45196818. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2675/45196818. 
  9. Heller, E. (1914). "New antelopes and carnivores from British East Africa". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 61 (2240): 1–15. https://archive.org/details/smithsonianmisce611914smit/page/n335/mode/2up. 
  10. Foley, C.; Do Linh San, E. (2016). "Bdeogale omnivora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136686A45221619. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136686/45221619. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1546563 entry