Banded Mongoose vs Indian-plum

Mungos mungo compared with Flacourtia jangomas

Key Differences

• Banded Mongoose is Least Concern while Indian-plum is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Indian-plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Mungos	Flacourtia
Species	Mungos mungo	Flacourtia jangomas

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Indian-plum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Indian-plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Seychelles), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Micronesia).

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.