Bleeding-Heart vs Javan Mongoose

Dicentra formosa compared with Herpestes javanicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding-Heart	Javan Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Papaveraceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Dicentra	Herpestes
Species	Dicentra formosa	Herpestes javanicus

Conservation Status

Bleeding-Heart

NE — Not Evaluated

Javan Mongoose

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding-Heart	Javan Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding-Heart

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and North America (United States).

Javan Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Mauritius), Asia (Japan), Europe (4 countries), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (Colombia, Guyana).

Bleeding-Heart

The Bleeding-Heart (Dicentra formosa) is a species in the genus Dicentra. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.