Banded Mongoose vs Vegetable fern

Mungos mungo compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Mungos	Diplazium
Species	Mungos mungo	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.