| Bushy-tailed 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. crassicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Bdeogale crassicauda Peters, 1852 |
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| Bushy-tailed Mongoose range (green - extant, pink - probably extant) |
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The Bushy-tailed Mongoose (Bdeogale crassicauda) is mammal in the Herpestidae found in central Africa, from southern Kenya to central Mozambique.
They are 40–50 cm long; mass 0.9–1.6 kg and feed on small birds and eggs.