Banded Mongoose vs Dotted Firefly

Mungos mungo compared with Lucidota punctata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Dotted Firefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Artropoda)
Class	Mammalia (mamalia)	Insecta (serangga)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Coleoptera (kumbang)
Family	Herpestidae	Lampyridae
Genus	Mungos	Lucidota
Species	Mungos mungo	Lucidota punctata

Evolutionary Relationship

Banded Mongoose and Dotted Firefly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (hewan)

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Dotted Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Dotted Firefly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dotted Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.