Javan Mongoose vs Sieva bean

Herpestes javanicus compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Javan Mongoose is Not Evaluated while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Javan Mongoose	Sieva bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Herpestidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Phaseolus
Species	Herpestes javanicus	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Javan Mongoose

NE — Not Evaluated

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Javan Mongoose	Sieva bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 7 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇺🇸 United States