Banded Mongoose vs Fat-spiked Yard-grass

Mungos mungo compared with Eleusine multiflora

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Fat-spiked Yard-grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Herpestidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Mungos	Eleusine
Species	Mungos mungo	Eleusine multiflora

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Fat-spiked Yard-grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Fat-spiked Yard-grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fat-spiked Yard-grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (4 countries), and North America (Mexico).

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.