Jackson's mongoose

Jackson's mongoose, Bdeogale jacksoni, is a large mongoose native to montane forests in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Its long, dense fur is grizzled black and white with yellowish cheeks, throat and sides of the neck, black or dark brown legs and a bushy white tail. It has a head and body length of more than 50 centimeters and weighs 2 to 3 kilograms. It is mainly nocturnal and crepuscular, possibly solitary, and an omnivore whose droppings in the Aberdare Mountains held army ants, beetles, millipedes, rodents, snails, lizards and snake eggs. It occurs in isolated populations, appears to be rare, and has been classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List since 2008, mainly because of ongoing forest loss.