Meller’s Mongoose vs Tickclover

Rhynchogale melleri compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Meller’s Mongoose Tickclover
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 Rhynchogale Desmodium
Species Rhynchogale melleri Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Meller’s Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Meller’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Meller’s Mongoose

No description available.

Tickclover

No description available.

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