Meerkat vs Oriental-bean

Suricata suricatta compared with Vigna umbellata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meerkat	Oriental-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 umbellata

Conservation Status

Meerkat

LC — Least Concern

Oriental-bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Meerkat	Oriental-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.

Oriental-bean

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, and Taiwan.