Banded Mongoose vs Water spangles

Mungos mungo compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Banded Mongoose is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Herpestidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Mungos	Salvinia
Species	Mungos mungo	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Water spangles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, 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.