Meller’s Mongoose vs

Rhynchogale melleri compared with Sphingobium scionense

Key Differences

• Meller’s Mongoose is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meller’s Mongoose
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)
Family	Herpestidae	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus	Rhynchogale	Sphingobium
Species	Rhynchogale melleri	Sphingobium scionense

Conservation Status

Meller’s Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Meller’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Sphingobium scionense is a Gram-negative, aerobic rod first isolated in the Scion research environment in New Zealand. It inhabits forest soils and plant-associated substrates of Oceania. This chemoheterotroph degrades complex aromatic and aliphatic organic compounds in temperate forest soil environments.