Meller’s Mongoose vs Red-and-blue Firetail

Rhynchogale melleri compared with Telebasis rubricauda

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meller’s Mongoose	Red-and-blue Firetail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Herpestidae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Rhynchogale	Telebasis
Species	Rhynchogale melleri	Telebasis rubricauda

Evolutionary Relationship

Meller’s Mongoose and Red-and-blue Firetail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Meller’s Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Red-and-blue Firetail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Meller’s Mongoose	Red-and-blue Firetail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Meller’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red-and-blue Firetail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Colombia.