Black-footed mongoose: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Black-footed mongoose Bdeogale nigripes Least concern

Where the black-footed mongoose lives, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 10 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mongooses, civets & genets on the world map

Scientific name	Bdeogale nigripes
Group	Mongooses, civets & genets
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Herpestidae

Is the black-footed mongoose endangered?

The black-footed mongoose’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the black-footed mongoose?

The black-footed mongoose (Bdeogale nigripes) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Herpestidae, genus Bdeogale. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black-footed mongoose

The black-footed mongoose (Bdeogale nigripes), also called the black-legged mongoose, is a mongoose species native to Central Africa, where it inhabits deep deciduous forests from eastern Nigeria to the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008.

It is omnivorous and feeds on ants, termites, Orthoptera, small rodents, frogs, lizards and fruits.

It is mostly solitary and nocturnal.

Results of genetic and morphological analyses indicate that the black-footed mongoose is closely related to Jackson's mongoose, which is considered conspecific.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black-footed mongoose (revision 1375903426), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1482221 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).