Meller’s Mongoose vs trailing tormentil

Rhynchogale melleri compared with Potentilla anglica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meller’s Mongoose	trailing tormentil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Herpestidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Rhynchogale	Potentilla
Species	Rhynchogale melleri	Potentilla anglica

Conservation Status

Meller’s Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

trailing tormentil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Meller’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

trailing tormentil

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).