Crab-eating Mongoose vs Cream Pea

Herpestes urva compared with Lathyrus ochroleucus

Key Differences

• Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern while Cream Pea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	Cream Pea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Herpestidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Herpestes	Lathyrus
Species	Herpestes urva	Lathyrus ochroleucus

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Cream Pea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	Cream Pea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cream Pea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.