Meller’s Mongoose vs Yellow Dodder

Rhynchogale melleri compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meller’s Mongoose	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Herpestidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Rhynchogale	Cuscuta
Species	Rhynchogale melleri	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Meller’s Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Meller’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).