Asian swordfern vs Crab-eating Mongoose

Nephrolepis brownii compared with Herpestes urva

Key Differences

• Asian swordfern is Not Evaluated while Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian swordfern	Crab-eating Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Nephrolepidaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Nephrolepis	Herpestes
Species	Nephrolepis brownii	Herpestes urva

Conservation Status

Asian swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian swordfern	Crab-eating Mongoose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Asian swordfern

The Asian swordfern (Nephrolepis brownii) is a species in the genus Nephrolepis. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Widely distributed across Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).