title: Bdeogale
text: # Bdeogale
  
  Bdeogale is a mongoose genus that was proposed by Wilhelm Peters in 1850 based on a mongoose specimen collected in Mozambique. 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.
  
  ## Species
  
  | Name | Distribution and IUCN Red List status |
  | - | - |
  | Bushy-tailed mongoose (B. crassicauda) Peters, 1852 | Kenya and Tanzania LC |
  | Black-footed mongoose (B. nigripes) Pucheran, 1855 | LC |
  | Jackson's mongoose (B. jacksoni) (Thomas, 1894) | NT |
  | Sokoke dog mongoose (B. omnivora) Heller, 1914 | Kenya and Tanzania VU |
  