Lagos-rubber vs Meller’s Mongoose

Funtumia africana compared with Rhynchogale melleri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lagos-rubber	Meller’s Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Apocynaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Funtumia	Rhynchogale
Species	Funtumia africana	Rhynchogale melleri

Conservation Status

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Meller’s Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lagos-rubber	Meller’s Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

Meller’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.