Banded Mongoose vs Guava

Mungos mungo compared with Psidium guajava

Key Differences

• Banded Mongoose is Least Concern while Guava is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Guava
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Herpestidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Mungos	Psidium
Species	Mungos mungo	Psidium guajava

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Guava

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Guava
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Guava

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (20 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (12 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (8 countries).

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.