Bushy-tailed Mongoose
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| Bushy-tailed Mongoose | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Subfamily: | Herpestinae |
| Genus: | Bdeogale |
| Species: | B. crassicauda |
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| Bdeogale crassicauda Peters, 1852 |
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| Bushy-tailed Mongoose range (green - extant, pink - probably extant) |
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The Bushy-tailed Mongoose (Bdeogale crassicauda) is mammal in the Herpestidae found in central Africa, from southern Kenya to central Mozambique.
They are 40–50 cm long; mass 0.9–1.6 kg and feed on small birds and eggs.
[edit] Subspecies
- B. crassicauda crassicauda, central Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia
- B. crassicauda nigrescens, Central Kenya (Nairobi)
- B. crassicauda omnivora, found in northern coastal Tanzania and Kenya, is classified by the IUCN as endangered
- B. crassicauda puisa, northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania
- B. c. tenuis, found in Zanzibar, is classified as Lower Risk/least concern.
[edit] References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Bdeogale crassicauda |
- Bushy-tailed mongoose , Tanzanian Mammal Atlas Project
- Bdeogale c. nigrescens , Bdeogale c. nigrescens description
- ^ Hoffmann, M. (2008). Bdeogale crassicauda. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
[edit] External links
- Bushy-tailed Mongoose, Lion Crusher
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