| Black-footed Mongoose | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Subfamily: | Herpestinae |
| Genus: | Bdeogale |
| Species: | B. nigripes |
| Binomial name | |
| Bdeogale nigripes Pucheran, 1855[2] |
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| Black-footed Mongoose range | |
The Black-footed Mongoose (Bdeogale nigripes) is a species of Mongoose found in central Africa. Unlike most similar species, the black-footed mongoose has only 4 toes on each limb rather than 5.[3]