Black-footed mongoose

The black-footed mongoose (Bdeogale nigripes) 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.^[1] It is omnivorous and feeds on ants, termites, Orthoptera, small rodents, frogs, lizards and fruits.^[2][3] It is mostly solitary and nocturnal.^[4]

Black-footed mongoose
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Herpestidae
Genus:	Bdeogale
Species:	B. nigripes
Binomial name
Bdeogale nigripes Pucheran, 1855
Black-footed mongoose range

Results of genetic and morphological analyses indicate that the black-footed mongoose is closely related to Jackson's mongoose, which is considered conspecific.^[5]