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Bushy-tailed mongoose
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Bdeogale crassicauda
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| | Number of Subspecies: | 05 | | Subspecies: | 01. Bdeogale crassicauda crassicauda - DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
02. B.c. nigrescens - Kenya (Lukenya Hill)
03. B.c. omnivora Coastal forests of Kenya and extreme NE Tanzania
04. B.c. puisa - NE Mozambique and E Tanzania
05. B.c. tenuis - Tanzania (Zanzibar Island)
| | Information Source for Taxonomy: | Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 1 - Carnivores, 2009
| | Range: | Tanzania, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi, DR Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe | | Habitat: | Wooded grasslands | | Head-Torso-Length: | 40 - 50 cm | | Tail length: | 18 - 30 cm | | Weight: | 1,3 - 2,1 kg | | Food: | Predominantly insectivorous | | IUCN status: | LC (Least Concern)
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