Bdeogale Explained

Bdeogale is a mongoose genus that was proposed by Wilhelm Peters in 1850 based on a mongoose specimen collected in Mozambique.^[1] 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.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Peters, W. . 1850 . Bdeogale . Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin . 94 .
2. Book: Kingdon, J. . 2015 . The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals . Second . Bdeogale . Bloomsbury Publishing . London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney . 441 . 9781472925312 . https://books.google.com/books?id=p1hMCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA441.
3. Peters, W. . 1852 . Mittheilung über die in Mossambique beobachteten Mangusten . Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin . 81–82 .
4. Bdeogale crassicauda . White, P.A. . Fischer, C.. Hausser, Y. . Foley, C. . Do Linh San, E. . amp . 2016 . e.T41591A97163568.
5. Pucheran, J.P. . 1855 . Les Mammifères de la côte occidental d'Afrique . Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée . 7 . 2 . 111 .
6. Bdeogale nigripes . Angelici, F. M. . Do Linh San, E. . amp . 2015 . e.T41592A45205243.
7. Thomas, O. . 1894 . On a new African Genus of Mustelidae . The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology . 13 . 6 . 78 . 522–524 .
8. Bdeogale jacksoni . De Luca, W. . Rovero, F. . Do Linh San, E. . amp . 2015 . e.T2675A45196818.
9. Heller, E. . 1914 . New antelopes and carnivores from British East Africa . Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections . 61 . 2240 . 1–15 .
10. Bdeogale omnivora . Foley, C. . Do Linh San, E. . amp . 2016 . e.T136686A45221619.