Black-footed mongoose
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| Black-footed Mongoose | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Subfamily: | Herpestinae |
| Genus: | Bdeogale |
| Species: | B. nigripes |
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| Bdeogale nigripes Pucheran, 1855[2] |
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The black-footed mongoose (Bdeogale nigripes) is a species of mongoose found in central Africa. Unlike most similar species, the black-footed mongoose has only 4 toes on each limb rather than 5.[3]
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Wikispecies has information related to: Bdeogale nigripes |
- ^ Van Rompaey, H. & Hoffmann, M. (2008). Bdeogale nigripes. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 22 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
- ^ Bdeogale Nigripes at ZipCodeZoo
- ^ "Mongoose - MSN Encarta". Archived from the original on 31 October 2009.
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