Meller’s Mongoose vs winged prickly-ash

Rhynchogale melleri compared with Zanthoxylum armatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meller’s Mongoose	winged prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Herpestidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Rhynchogale	Zanthoxylum
Species	Rhynchogale melleri	Zanthoxylum armatum

Conservation Status

Meller’s Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

winged prickly-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Meller’s Mongoose	winged prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Meller’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

winged prickly-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Italy and Taiwan.