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  • Also present are Zaire clawless otter Aonyx congica, brush-tailed porcupines Atherurus africanus, bongo antelope Tragelaphus euryceros, Sitatunga antelope T. spekei, black-legged mongoose Bdeogale nigripes, black mongoose Crossarchus alexandri, and marsh mongoose Atilax paludinosus.

    Okapi Faunal Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo 2008

  • Here's a report about a paper published in Oryx describing the first confirmation of Africa's least-known carnivore, Jackson's Mongoose (Bdeogale jacksoni), from anywhere outside Kenya:

    Archive 2006-12-01 2006

  • The spot-necked otter (Lutra maculicollis) is also known from the wetlands of this ecoregion, as is the banded mongoose (Mungos mungo), white tailed mongoose (Ichneuma albicauda) and the bushy tailed mongoose (Bdeogale crassicauda).

    Zambezian coastal flooded savanna 2007

  • Near-endemic mammals include Jackson’s mongoose (Bdeogale jacksoni, VU), Abbot’s duiker (Cephalophus spadix, VU), sun squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus), and the eastern tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax validus, VU).

    East African montane forests 2008

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