Banded Mongoose vs Flowering Currant

Mungos mungo compared with Ribes sanguineum

Key Differences

• Banded Mongoose is Least Concern while Flowering Currant is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Flowering Currant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Herpestidae	Grossulariaceae
Genus	Mungos	Ribes
Species	Mungos mungo	Ribes sanguineum

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Flowering Currant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Flowering Currant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flowering Currant

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.