Narrow-striped Mongoose vs Vegetable fern

Mungotictis decemlineata compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Narrow-striped Mongoose is Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Narrow-striped Mongoose	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Eupleridae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Mungotictis	Diplazium
Species	Mungotictis decemlineata	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Narrow-striped Mongoose

EN — Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Narrow-striped Mongoose	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Narrow-striped Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.