Banded Mongoose vs Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

Mungos mungo compared with Opuntia chlorotica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Dollar-joint Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Herpestidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Mungos	Opuntia
Species	Mungos mungo	Opuntia chlorotica

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Dollar-joint Prickly-pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Italy.

Banded Mongoose

The Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo) is a species in the genus Mungos. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.