Fimbry vs Meller’s Mongoose

Fimbristylis littoralis compared with Rhynchogale melleri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fimbry	Meller’s Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Cyperaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Fimbristylis	Rhynchogale
Species	Fimbristylis littoralis	Rhynchogale melleri

Conservation Status

Fimbry

LC — Least Concern

Meller’s Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fimbry	Meller’s Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fimbry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Brunei, Singapore, Thailand), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Meller’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.