Banded Mongoose vs bajagua

Mungos mungo compared with Senna alata

Key Differences

• Banded Mongoose is Least Concern while bajagua is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	bajagua
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Herpestidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Mungos	Senna
Species	Mungos mungo	Senna alata

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

bajagua

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	bajagua
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

bajagua

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (26 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Banded Mongoose

The Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo) is a species in the genus Mungos. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.