Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Bdeogale nigripes Pucheran 1855

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Description

Bdeogale nigripes Pucheran, 1855. Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, 7(2):111.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Gubon" [Gabon].

DISTRIBUTION: Nigeria to N Angola.

COMMENTS: Rosevear (1974) placed nigripes in Galeriscus. Kingdon (1977) considered jacksoni conspecific with nigripes; however, Rosevear (1974) and Coetzee (19776) noted skull and skin differences.

Notes

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 301, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Scientific name authorship
Pucheran
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Herpestidae
Genus
Bdeogale
Species
nigripes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bdeogale nigripes Pucheran, 1855 sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Rosevear, D. R. 1974. The carnivores of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 723: 1 - 548.
  • Kingdon, J. 1977. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Carnivores). Academic Press, New York, 3 A: 1 - 476.