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Bdeogale crassicauda Peters 1852 (bushy-tailed mongoose)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 232142

Belongs to Bdeogale according to St. G. Mivart 1882

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 64.6, humerus length 58.2, radius length 52.8, scapula length 46.0, skull 81.4 x 44.2, tibia length 72.8, ulna length 63.0

Estimated body mass: 1.15 kg based on femur length, humerus length, tibia length, and ulna length