coral-bean vs Meller’s Mongoose

Erythrina fusca compared with Rhynchogale melleri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Meller’s Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Fabaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Erythrina	Rhynchogale
Species	Erythrina fusca	Rhynchogale melleri

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Meller’s Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Meller’s Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

coral-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Meller’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.