Bdeogale

The Schwarzfußmangusten ( Bdeogale ) are a genus of mammal of the mongoose family ( Herpestidae ). The three species of this genus live in the central and eastern Africa and in Yemen.

General

Named giving feature of this genus are the black limbs, the rest of the coat is usually gray in color brown, but can vary both within a species and between species. These animals can reach a body length 38-60 inches, which must be added 18 to 38 inches dick come. The weight of adult animals is 0.9 to 3 kilograms.

Not much is known about the habits of these animals. You are likely to be more nocturnal loner and mainly feed on insects, to a lesser extent they also take small vertebrates to himself.

System

  • The Buschschwanzmanguste ( Bdeogale crassicauda ) is native to eastern Africa from southern Kenya into middle Mozambique and also occurs in Yemen. Named giving feature is the bushy tail. They feed almost exclusively on insects, preferably ants and termites. This Mangustenart assesses the World Conservation Union IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with non- endangered ( "Least Concern" ).
  • The Schwarzfußmanguste ( Bdeogale nigripes ) lives in central Africa. Their range extends from southeastern Nigeria to Angola in the north. She takes in the greater extent than the Buschschwanzmanguste also small animals and carrion itself. This species is not endangered by the IUCN ( "Least Concern" ) assessed.
  • The Jackson Mongoose ( Bdeogale jacksoni ) is the rarest and least known of the three species and inhabited a small area in southeastern Uganda and Kenya in the middle. The IUCN lists the species as Near Threatened ( " Near Threatened ").

The IUCN leads in this genre further a kind Bdeogale omnivora as vulnerable ( " Vulnerable " ) to. However, she remarks that some authors classify this as a subspecies of Buschschwanzmanguste.

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