Meerkat vs Mung-bean

Suricata suricatta compared with Vigna radiata

Key Differences

• Meerkat is Least Concern while Mung-bean is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meerkat	Mung-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	Suricata	Vigna
Species	Suricata suricatta	Vigna radiata

Conservation Status

Meerkat

LC — Least Concern

Mung-bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Meerkat	Mung-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Meerkat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Ecuador.

Mung-bean

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Japan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Tonga), and South America (Brazil).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium