Meller’s Mongoose vs snow buttercup

Rhynchogale melleri compared with Ranunculus nivalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meller’s Mongoose	snow buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Herpestidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Rhynchogale	Ranunculus
Species	Rhynchogale melleri	Ranunculus nivalis

Conservation Status

Meller’s Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

snow buttercup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Meller’s Mongoose	snow buttercup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Meller’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

snow buttercup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and Sweden.