Banded Mongoose vs Tickclover

Mungos mungo compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Carnivora (식육목)	Fabales (콩목)
Family	Herpestidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Mungos	Desmodium
Species	Mungos mungo	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 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.