Banded Mongoose vs Lemon grass

Mungos mungo compared with Cymbopogon citratus

Key Differences

• Banded Mongoose is Least Concern while Lemon grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Lemon 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	Cymbopogon
Species	Mungos mungo	Cymbopogon citratus

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Lemon grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Lemon grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lemon grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea), and South America (10 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.