Indian Sundew vs Meller’s Mongoose

Drosera indica compared with Rhynchogale melleri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indian Sundew	Meller’s Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Droseraceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Drosera	Rhynchogale
Species	Drosera indica	Rhynchogale melleri

Conservation Status

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Meller’s Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indian Sundew	Meller’s Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.

Meller’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.