Banded Mongoose vs Eye Bright

Mungos mungo compared with Heliotropium angiospermum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Eye Bright
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Herpestidae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Mungos	Heliotropium
Species	Mungos mungo	Heliotropium angiospermum

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Eye Bright

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Eye Bright
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eye Bright

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.