HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Herpestidae
--> GENUS Bdeogale
SPECIES Bdeogale jacksoni
Author: | Thomas, 1894. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 13: 522. | Common Name: | Jackson's Mongoose | Type Locality: | "Mianzini, Masailand, 8000 feet [2438 m]" (pg. 523). Restricted by Moreau et al. (1945:410) to "Mianzini. . . a few miles E.S.E. of Naivasha and on the southern end of the Kinangop Plateau. . . 9000 ft [2743 m]" [Kenya]. | Distribution: | C Kenya, SE Uganda. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Rosevear (1974) placed jacksoni in Galeriscus. Kingdon (1977) considered jacksoni conspecific with nigripes; however, Rosevear (1974) and Coetzee (1977b) noted skull and skin differences. |
|
|
|
|