Bdeogale

Taxobox
name = "Bdeogale"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Herpestidae
genus = "Bdeogale"
genus_authority = Peters, 1850
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"Bdeogale crassicauda"
*"Bdeogale jacksoni"
*"Bdeogale nigripes"

"Bdeogale" is a genus of three species of mongoose native to the rainforests of central and western Africa. They are primarily terrestrial and insectivorous.

Species

*Bushy-tailed Mongoose, "Bdeogale crassicauda" - Kenya and Tanzania
*Jackson's Mongoose, "Bdeogale jacksoni" - Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
*Black-footed Mongoose, "Bdeogale nigripes" - Angola, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria

Conservation status

The IUCN Red List lists "B. jacksoni" as vulnerable, "B. crassicauda" as endangered, due largely to habitat loss and fragmentation.

References

* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=2675 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: "Bdeogale jacksoni"]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=2674&tab=summ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: "Bdeogale crassicauda"]