Bdeogale
| Bdeogale | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| 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. 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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