Banded Mongoose vs Prickly moses

Mungos mungo compared with Acacia verticillata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Mongoose	Prickly moses
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Carnivora (สัตว์กินเนื้อ)	Fabales (อันดับถั่ว)
Family	Herpestidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Mungos	Acacia
Species	Mungos mungo	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Banded Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Mongoose	Prickly moses
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly moses

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (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.