'Ihi vs Javan Mongoose

Oxalis corniculata compared with Herpestes javanicus

Key Differences

• 'Ihi is Least Concern while Javan Mongoose is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	'Ihi	Javan Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Oxalidaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Oxalis	Herpestes
Species	Oxalis corniculata	Herpestes javanicus

Conservation Status

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Javan Mongoose

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	'Ihi	Javan Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 12 countries:

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇴 Norway 🇪🇸 Spain 🇺🇸 United States