Crab-eating Mongoose vs crested arrowhead

Herpestes urva compared with Sagittaria cristata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Mongoose	crested arrowhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Herpestidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Herpestes	Sagittaria
Species	Herpestes urva	Sagittaria cristata

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

crested arrowhead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Mongoose	crested arrowhead
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

crested arrowhead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Canada.