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SPECIES Bdeogale crassicauda

Author:Peters, 1852.
Citation:Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1852: 81.
Common Name:Bushy-tailed Mongoose
Type Locality:"Africa orient., Tette, Boror, 17-18° Lat. austr". (pg. 82). Restricted by Moreau et al. (1945:410) to "Tette" [Mozambique].
Distribution:Kenya, Malawi, C Mozambique, Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), S and E Zambia, NE Zimbabwe.
Status:IUCN – Endangered as B. c. omnivora, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Reviewed by Sale and Taylor (1970) and Taylor (1987).
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SUBSPECIES crassicauda

SUBSPECIES nigrescens

SUBSPECIES omnivora

SUBSPECIES puisa

SUBSPECIES tenuis

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