Banded Mongoose vs sacred basil

Mungos mungo compared with Ocimum tenuiflorum

Key Differences

• Banded Mongoose is Least Concern while sacred basil is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	sacred basil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Mungos	Ocimum
Species	Mungos mungo	Ocimum tenuiflorum

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

sacred basil

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	sacred basil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sacred basil

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, Zambia), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Timor-Leste), North America (Barbados), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia).

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.