Greenleaf ticktrefoil vs Pousargues’s Mongoose

Desmodium intortum compared with Dologale dybowskii

Key Differences

• Greenleaf ticktrefoil is Least Concern while Pousargues’s Mongoose is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greenleaf ticktrefoil	Pousargues’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	Desmodium	Dologale
Species	Desmodium intortum	Dologale dybowskii

Conservation Status

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Pousargues’s Mongoose

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greenleaf ticktrefoil	Pousargues’s Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Colombia).

Pousargues’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.